2023-08-02 20:06:00
The Swiss vice-champion eliminated the Belgian vice-champion. We might already have considered this as abnormal but when we know that Genk played from the 5th minute at 11 once morest 10, we always wonder how the Limburgers found themselves in this situation.
We thought that the match would unlock almost by itself following the unforgivable tackle of Crivelli, on the ankle of poor Heynen, which earned him the early exclusion. After 200 seconds, we already knew that the evening would not be perfect when the captain had to go out on a stretcher. The injury looks serious and it is debatable whether the midfielder will return following already experiencing two serious knee issues in his career.
Heynen had to be stretchered out following a huge tackle on his ankle.
In the absence of being able to rejoice completely, we thought that the Limburgers had done the hardest part thanks to the penalty converted by Tresor following a stupid fault by Mazikou on Cuesta. Football is not a perfect science and sometimes, instinct suggests that the evening will be complicated when nothing can happen to you normally when you are leading from one goal to 11 once morest 10.
Cognat’s equalizer on a free kick that became dangerous because of Cuesta’s unfortunate deflection reinforced this feeling. Until the strategy deployed by Wouter Vrancken to exploit his flanks, the quality of the center of his wingers and the physical power of Orokodare made the difference five minutes following the break (2-1).
But can we really be calm when Chris Bedia, author of 7 goals in 96 games in Belgium during his time in Charleroi, puts Geneva back in the running following an unforgivable management of the depth on the part of the Limburg defense?
The sequel looked like a bad scenario of an evening without symbolized by the huge miss of El Hadj who must wonder why Vouilloz managed to save his shot on his line when the goal was 3/4 empty (78th) .
The rest is a nightmare. Geneva got all their penalties in the penalty shootout while Hrosovsky and Arokodare fired theirs like imps.
This Thursday morning when you wake up, the reality will be there. Genk says goodbye to his Champions League dreams from the second preliminary round. And as if that weren’t enough, Olympiakos will have to be stuffed to hope to compete in the Europa League play-off.
Genk : Vandevoordt ; Munoez, McKenzie, Cuesta, Kayembe (46e Arteaga) ; Hrosovsky, Heynen (8e Galarza, 106e Galarza), Tresor (69e Fadera), El-Khannouss (69e El Khannouss) ; Paintsil (106e Bonsu Baah), Arokodare
Servette Geneva: Frick (46th Mall); Vouilloz (119th Rodelin), Rouiller, Severin, Mazikou; Cognat (106th Ondua), Douline, Kutesa (74th Fofana), Antunes (74th Guillemenot); Crivelli, Bedia (86th Touati)
Arbitre : N.Simovic
Warnings: Kutesa, Douline, Bedia, Tresor, Severin, Rust, Cognat, Paintsil, Vouilloz
Exclusion : Crivelli (5e)
Les buts : 28e Tresor sur pen. (1-0), 36e Cognat (1-1), 51e Arokodare (2-1, assist : Tresor), 63e Bedia (2-2, assist : Antunes)
TAB: Touati (0-1), Hrosovsky (0-1), Guillemenot (0-2), Cuesta (1-2), Severin (1-3), Arokodare (1-3), Rodelin (1-4)
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