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Kortrijk and Standard open the football weekend. Can the Roches narrow the gap with the numbers two and three? Or does Kortrijk boost confidence with a view to the return match in the semi-finals of the cup?
Kortrijk:
2-2 against the leader, a stunt for Kortrijk, which suddenly managed to bring its best football again. “My team played with guts. The first goal was of high quality. The mentality made the difference. I am a proud coach. “, Says trainer Yves Vanderhaeghe. Also important for Vanderhaeghe: next to Terem Moffi, Hervé Kage stood up. “This was a reference match for me and the team. This gives a lot of confidence for our clash in the cup with Antwerp. From the first minute we felt that this was not the best Club Brugge and that we could make it difficult for them. We can handle everyone with this mentality, “Kage concluded.
KV Kortrijk and Club Bruggen have turned it into a spicy but fun derby in the Guldensporen stadium. The two teams that also dream of the Heysel hardly missed each other in a competition with many faces. Kortrijk seemed like a bird for the cat, but even before coffee, thanks to Mboyo, Kortrijk was able to get back into the match, on a good pass from Kagé. Yves Vanderhaeghe smelled blood and brought two new names between the lines during the break with Selemani and Moffi. The latter thanks with the confidence with the quick equalizer and a great throughput to celebrate: the young Nigerian’s first goal for De Kerels.
The second half had only just begun or substitute Moffi immediately made for the change. So invisible the newcomer was in the cup, so decisive was he against Club Brugge: “Terem couldn’t have wished for a better one,” said Hannes Van der Bruggen. “You have to play it up to speed and then you have difficulty getting it back. A strong boy. “There was the key to his goal, Yves Vanderhaeghe thought. “Clinton Mata and Simon Deli are used to making it physically easy for their opponents. So Deli bites, but he misrepresented. Moffi was too strong and too fast for him. ”
St. Liege:
The police of Liège did a house search on Wednesday morning with Standard chairman Bruno Venanzi. The search would fit in with the investigation into real estate agent Christophe Henrotay. He was arrested last year and put on suspicion of money laundering, private corruption, gang formation and forgery. The public prosecutor’s office is now investigating whether the transfers that Henrotay made for Standard went smoothly. Tuesday it was also announced that Venanzi is risking a criminal complaint in the Junior Edmilson case. This week is therefore not an ideal preparation in Liège.
Standard won 2-1 on Friday-evening against KV Oostende. The first half hour was inspiring. Two corners for both teams, but no real chance. We only saw one goal attempt within the box in the first 30 minutes. The eager Liège minute was followed by a continuation in the beginning of the second half. Standard kept insisting, but ten minutes away it was suddenly 0-1. Ten minutes before time, Vojvoda did a great job with the outside of his foot. The starting signal for a Liege final offensive. In minute 87, Laifis played a whopping twenty yards. 2-1, Sclessin exploded.
Mergim Vojvoda brought Standard alongside ten minutes before time against KV Oostende on Friday evening. It was his first goal for the Rouches. “It was certainly not a simple game for us,” said the former Mouscron player afterwards. “Ostend was defending with eleven and the field made it even more difficult for us. In that way it is not easy to find the spaces. I am very proud that I have been able to kick us alongside. As a child, I sat here in the stands, calling out the names of players who scored. Now I have been able to score myself: this is a dream come true. But the most important thing is that we still made that 2-1 and eventually kept the three points in Liège. ”
Kortrijk vs St. Liege head to head matches
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