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In the preliminaries of the Europa League, AA Gent travels to Poland on Thursday-evening to take on Jagiellonia Bialystok there. After a very moderate competition start the Belgians long for a good result.
Jagiellonia Bialystok:
Jagiellonia Bialystok is not an appealing name in European football, but that the team can kick a nice ball is clear from the second place last season in the Polish Ekstraklasa. The team started well this season too. In the previous preliminary round, Jaga settled with the Portuguese Rio Ave, thanks to a thrilling 4-4 draw on foreign soil.
Jagiellonia Bialystok is also doing well in his home country with six points from three rounds. Last weekend, Wisla Krakow was beaten 1-0, although that victory did have a bitter aftertaste. With Ivan Runje, Lukasz Burliga and Karol Swiderski, trainer Ireneusz Mamrot saw no less than three important pillars getting injured. Goalkeeper Marian Kelemen is not worried, however: “We have a wide selection, so even without them we can go to AA Gent.”
AA Ghent:
The season is still fresh, but at AA Gent it is already uneasy. The Buffalo’s only left one point for their first two league matches. After the 3-2 loss of a week and a half ago at Standard Liege, last weekend was the young Canadian striker Jonathan David who shot his team in front of his own home just before Zulte Waregem: 1-1. “He was cut out of the right wood,” said trainer Yves Vanderhaeghe. Nevertheless, the fans are not at all satisfied with the state of affairs in the GHELAMCO Arena. The game is not to be peeped, so some fans already call for the dismissal of Vanderhaeghe. “Ten months Yves, still no system, still nothing,” said one of the fans. “Putting Roman Yaremchuk on the left, what a stupid action!”
Vanderhaeghe’s credit under the supporters’ group therefore evaporates like snow in the sun, even though the coach is not involved. For example, this summer he had to passively watch as the star players Simon Moses and Samuel Kalu left for Levante and Bordeaux respectively. Also the Nigerian midfielder Anderson Esiti is close to a departure, as he did not board the plane towards Bialystok on Wednesday morning. The good news is that Lovre Kalinic will probably start at the base. The Croatian closing post, which once came into action at the last World Cup, returned from his holiday on Monday. The goalkeeper could count on interest from the English Premier League, but it looks like he will remain loyal to De Buffalo’s for the time being.