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The second semifinal is colored red and white. Antwerp and Kortrijk compete against each other. Antwerp is looking for a prize to honor its status as a new top club. Kortrijk only has the cup to color its season.
Royal Antwerp:
Antwerp left Jan Breydel with three points, and also with three positive points, of which the mental resilience is the most important. Against a penalty after nine seconds, 83 minutes with one man less, and still winning. “That is Antwerp,” said captain Haroun. A wake-up call and a mental boost: what more do you want, just before the semi-finals of the cup? And the whole of Antwerp knows: as long as DIeumerci Mbokani stays on level, the team stays on level. He is ready to neck Kortrijk on Thursday.
A match after the winter break is always difficult and Antwerp made it even harder for itself with that penalty and red card. The man of the winning goal was Alexis de Sart. The 23-year-old midfielder scored his first goal for Antwerp with a great long shot. Although Lamkel Zé started on the bench as punishment for his poor internship in Spain, Laszlo Bölöni eventually needed him again. After ten minutes he started to warm up and after the break he quickly fell in, also because Kevin Mirallas and Manuel Benson hardly appeared in the play.
After the early penalty, Wesley Hoedt pulled on the jersey of goalkeeping Dylan De Belder. Red for the Dutchman. “I have to be grateful to the team to still get the three points,” said Wesley Hoedt. “Arslanagic and I just had a bad position. It is also very unnatural to let someone walk in and let him come in the 2-0. I just touch the attacker, I didn’t really hold it, did I? He lay down, which I understand. I would have done the same. Well, everyone makes mistakes, but with my qualities and experience, such a red card should not fall. ”
Kortrijk:
If a poor dress rehearsal is the harbinger of a successful final, KV Kortrijk is in good shape for Thursday’s cup match against Antwerp. Because Saturday against STVV it turned out to be pale. Yves Vanderhaeghe still has work ahead. The cup qualification and the six out of six shortly before and after Christmas had done the Guys confidence. And on the move they had not lost since November 2 last year. Good signs, therefore, but that turned out differently to a desolate Stayen.
int-Truiden won 2-0 against KV Kortrijk on Saturday-evening. The first 45 minutes could only be called sleep-inducing. The Canaries came out of the dressing room much more eagerly and created more in five minutes than in the first 45 minutes together. After 54 minutes the score was zero. STVV pushed on and ten minutes later it doubled the score. KVK finally woke up and came close to the connection goal a few times, but was not efficient enough. The 2-0 remained on the board like this.
Gary Kagelmacher, in the cup against Union and at home against Cercle, the match winner, but Saturday the big absentee. The Uruguayan has ended the contract and received a proposal from Penarol to return home. A two-year contract is ready for him, but Kortrijk also wants to pass at the counter. And that’s where the shoe pinches. Coach Yves Vanderhaeghe has mixed feelings about the entire affair. “That lack of clarity is annoying for all parties and there is also the mental aspect: will Gary be ready then? And Penarol may put pressure, but should we let an experienced basic player leave for less than 100,000 euros? We certainly don’t find anyone of the same caliber for that money. I heard that Penarol sold for more than 16 million euros, so they are not that bad. ”
Antwerp vs Kortrijk head to head matches
26.10.19 JL Antwerp Kortrijk 3 : 1
17.03.19 JL Kortrijk Antwerp 2 : 0
04.08.18 JL Antwerp Kortrijk 0 : 0
10.02.18 JL Kortrijk Antwerp 4 : 0
29.11.17 CUP Kortrijk Antwerp 4 : 2