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The title dream is over for Club Brugge, but the rival from Antwerp is waiting for the final match day. Can Club thank its supporters for the great season? Or does Antwerp stunt one last time and will it be running in third place?
Club Bruges:
Club Brugge is the Dutch champion. On Thursday it threw away at the place where it won the title twelve months ago. Club Brugge closes the 2018-2019 season in second place and the last home match against Antwerp on Sunday cannot change that. The last home game against Antwerp will be all about the goodbye. From players such as Wesley or Danjuma. But possibly also from trainer Ivan Leko.
Yesterday’s game at Sclessin could have turned out differently if ref Boucaut had not rejected a goal from Wesley due to a (feather-light) push error by Loïs Openda. Club played an hour against ten men after a justified red card for Collins Fai. Club coach Ivan Leko, however, had again opted for a cautious approach with Sofyan Amrabat in midfield. Only in the second half did he bring a second striker to the team with Openda. The fast-paced teenager immediately came alone for Guillermo Ochoa, but decided too centrally to worry the Mexican national goalkeeper. A light penalty and a long free kick (in which the goalkeeper certainly does not go free) caused a defeat.
“What happened today can happen,” Leko went lightly over the game. “A defeat at Sclessin is certainly not a drama. We definitely wanted to win, but we missed the freshness and speed in the ball circulation. Details and moments decided the game and they were for Standard. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. We must be satisfied with what we have shown this year. We play against Antwerp at home and we want to give something back to our supporters. They were fantastic this year. We want to thank them with our best football and the three points. They deserve that. ”
Antwerp:
‘Gone in 60 seconds’ is not only a film with Nicolas Cage, but also the story of Antwerp last night that handed over its third place in the final minute. Third place away? Or still a resurrection in Bruges? Want to straighten it out in Bruges on Sunday or have a barrage match against the winner of play-off 2? “This is perhaps the hottest moment of the season,” said Faris Haroun. “Although we will only know on Sunday if it is actually so. It will of course remain football and we will go all the way for it one more time. ”
In less than a minute Antwerp still killed it in its match against Ghent on Thursday. First, Jelle Van Damme picked up an unnecessary yellow card that cost him Sunday’s match in Bruges. A blunder from Daniel Opare and a slipper from Sinan Bolat turned it into a complete nightmare. An attacker from Ghent pulled the trigger. Lardot blew right away.
At Antwerp, the energy seems to be slowly dripping out of the tank. The Great Old did not really show his teeth against Anderlecht and on Thursday evening it was just like that. “It was too lax. It seemed that we thought we were ahead 2-0 in the 90th minute for the entire game. A ball on the left, a ball on the right. That is not our habit. I also don’t know exactly why it no longer works like in the previous matches. “, The captain said.
Club Brugge KV vs Antwerp head to head matches
22.04.19 JL Antwerp Club Brugge KV 0 : 0
23.12.18 JL Club Brugge KV Antwerp 5 : 1
19.08.18 JL Antwerp Club Brugge KV 1 : 1
21.01.18 JL Antwerp Club Brugge KV 2 : 2
22.10.17 JL Club Brugge KV Antwerp 1 : 0