Mechelen offered a victory to Steven Defour for his first as head coach. The Mechelen dominated Standard in a tough game with few chances in the first half. In the second half, Mechelen made the difference through Vanlerberghe and Ngoy to pocket the three points.
Both teams are struggling to create chances in a disputed first half where the game is choppy. The Rouches create the two best opportunities with a shot from They’re done at the first post well stopped by Coucke (7th) and a curled shot from Laursen which passes right next to it (18th).
The second half got off to a bad start for Standard, who lost a second player to an injury to the back of his thigh. After Laursen in the first period, it’s Cimirot who must leave his partners (48th).
The first danger in the second half is still Liège. good balloon Zincker nail pour Fossey in the back of the defense but the center at ground level of the American crosses the small rectangle without being able to be taken back (52nd).
Mechelen then puts the pressure on and Bodart must repel a shot from Storm following a free kick quickly played by Hairemans (62e).
The Malinois find the fault in the 71st with a cross shot outside the rectangle of Vanlerberghe which deceives Bodart.
Mechelen breaks once morest. Ngoy eliminates Bokadi et Dussenne before concluding with a shot at the far post (74th).
The people of Liège are trying to react and A wig has the ball of hope at the end of the foot but the attacker sends the ball above the goal of Coucke (80th).
It then takes a few good saves from Bodart to prevent Mechelen from adding to the score at the end of the game.
The Rouches bow on the lawn of Mechelen. For his first match as a coach, Steven Defour therefore offers himself a victory once morest the club of which he was captain for many seasons. The Rouches come back down to earth before facing Anderlecht this Sunday.
