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Can Cercle Brugge recover after a zero in six with points win against KV Kortrijk? On Saturday evening at the Jan Breydel Stadium, Cercle may and must perhaps manage to score their first points so as not to dangle from the start at the bottom of the standings. Kortrijk, on the other hand, is in a somewhat similar story, although they have managed to achieve one point so far. Who pulls the longest end?
Cercle Bruges:
Fabien Mercadal will have the difficult task of keeping Cercle in first place this season. Last year the club started well, but as the season progressed it went further and further downhill and it almost ended last. It said goodbye to their coach and exchanged almost the entire team for other players who come on loan, largely from AS Monaco. A good start is important, but Cercle cannot participate with a zero in six.
A week after the great win at Anderlecht, Ostend was only too happy to confirm against Cercle, which only squatted against Standard on the first day of play. Both teams immediately showed that they wanted to play football, but it was the visitors who quickly hit first. Vandendriessche let Kylian Hazard foolishly. The dribble ass was able to cut in smoothly and placed the ball ready for Idriss Saadi, who brushed the ball hard under the bar. Ostend in arrears and it looked even worse when the frail Vargas had to be injured for half an hour. A few minutes later it suddenly cleared up above the Versluys Arena, when Guri brought the home team alongside again. This time it was Biancone who was far too easily put aside, after which D’Haese painted his cross perfectly on the head of the Albanian. Just before the break, the Ostend party was complete when Saadi headed a corner past his own goalkeeper. The second half was less than ten minutes away when the 2-2 was almost scored. Idriss Saadi came face to face with William Dutoit, but kicked right on the Ostend goalie. Seconds later, Jordi Mboula saw a wild tackle being penalized with his second yellow card and the challenge immediately became a lot harder for the visitors. At the age of ten, Cercle had to look for a plan B. Among other things, the unfortunate Saadi was sacrificed, but also the fresh forces could not turn the tide. On the other side, Sakala infuriated the opposition with every sharp ball and explosive acceleration. The Zambian seemed to crown his strong raid with a goal, but Badiashile was just stopping it. The Franco-Congolese goalkeeper eventually had to turn around a third time. Guri – again he – quickly turned away from Dabila, after which he calmly put the 3-1 final score in his side. Ostend hoists like Club, Standard and KVM with a good six out of six. After two defeats, Cercle remains completely at the bottom.
Mercadal was very strict afterwards for his team: “I don’t want to harm the opponent, but we actually gave them the victory as a gift. We actually wrote the worst scenario. We score quickly outside, but then what happens. The pinnacle of the nightmare was above all that we can get 2-2, miss that opportunity and end up in the same action with ten after Mboula’s tackle. We still have a young and incomplete group and I certainly need four players. ”
KV Kortrijk:
Kortrijk also had a difficult time last season, but since the arrival of Yves Vanderhaeghe it suddenly went smoothly and the egg still won play-off II. The ambitions for this season are therefore no different than trying to compete for the last play-off I spots as well as trying to win play-off II. Although it makes sense that getting play-off I would be very good for KVK. But for the time being the club didn’t start that well with a one in six.
The first home game of Kortrijk in the new season was the same as the closing one of the previous one. Then in the final of Play-off 2, Kortrijk bit in the grass against the Zebras from Charleroi. “A chance to rectify that loss,” said KVK coach Vanderhaeghe in advance. The Guys wanted to build on the good game of last weekend in Genk, but came a lot less for the day before the break. A faint first half was boosted by two splitting passes by Massimo Bruno, who was in a good position on the excellent turf at the Guldensporen stadium. First Fall and then Niane left the sky-high chances. “Then from the dot,” thought Morioka. Boterberg gave the visitors a penalty after half an hour after Batsula hit the ball with his upper arm in his own sixteen and the VAR helped Boterberg. The Japanese opened the score with a central shot in the roof of the goal. Kortrijk was a shadow of itself and did not appear in the play. Four visiting chances against zero for Kortrijk, the balance was halfway. The Guys were lucky to be drawn to the changing rooms with just one goal in the chalk. The home team had to go after another cup of coffee, but the first big chance in the second half was again for Charleroi. The substitute Mboyo gave a ball to Morioka, who opened on Bruno. The best man on the field could not crown his shine performance with a goal, Bruzzese saved well. Another missed opportunity for Charleroi. Gradually, Kortrijk slowly crawled out of the tribulation. Only after more than an hour of play could it kick between the posts for the first time. It was central defender Kagelmacher who had to do that with a long shot. Penneteau saved in two times. With the final phase in sight, the home team took over physically from Charleroi, which could no longer get close to Bruzzese. When De Sart scooped the ball over the visiting defense, the Carolos were punished for the missed opportunities. Mboyo put the ball in the corner with half a volley. Both teams were given one giant chance in the absolute final. Fall aimed for Charleroi in the side net after Bruzzese pushed a shot from Bedia into his feet. De Sart had the winning goal for Kortrijk at the foot, but aimed at teammate Hines-Ike, who had remained lying down after a collision with Penneteau. And so it stayed with a fair draw.
“That the contrast between the first hour and the last half hour was so great, that’s football. Sometimes you think you’re in good shape and that you can create danger, but in the first half we never got out of cover and we could no opportunities. We were just the lesser for the break “, saw KVK coach Yves Vanderhaeghe. “Fortunately we were able to turn it around the second half seriously. We started to play differently and that paid off. With the input from Mboyo we had a little more shape at the front and we also got the balls from our attackers. The leather went in the last quarter well around and it was even my own defender who perhaps prevented a winning goal for us “, Vanderhaeghe winks.
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