The Brugeois won 1-3 without shaking once morest Beerschot at the start of the 33rd day of the Championship. The Venice of the North players have won their seventh consecutive victory, inflicting the Antwerpers a seventh loss in a row. In the standings, the people of Bruges, with 69 points, temporarily come back two lengths behind Union Saint-Gilloise, which moves to Standard on Sunday followingnoon. Guaranteed to go down to D1B, the Beerschot remains blocked at 16 units. Unsurprisingly, Bruges were dominant from the start of the game, finding the top of the crossbar via the header of Hans Vanaken in the 9th minute of play.
After several attempts by Skov Olsen (11th) and Rits (12th and 18th), the Gazelles found the opening thanks to Noa Lang. Well isolated at the penalty spot, the Dutchman controlled and turned to deceive the vigilance of Antoine Lejoly (19th, 0-1).
Passed close to the opening twice, Mats Rits finally made the nets tremble from the start of the second half … without wanting to. At the entrance to the rectangle, Skov Olsen unleashed a shot that Rits deflected into the Antwerp goalkeeper’s cages to score his sixth goal of the season (49th, 0-2).
The Blauw en Zwart folded the game a few minutes later on the counterattack. Hans Vanaken found himself in the rectangle before eliminating his defender and serving Charles De Ketelaere. The young nugget from Bruges pushed the leather into the empty goal without any difficulty (54th, 0-3).
Beerschot reduced the mark on an error by Jack Hendry. Entering the game a few seconds earlier, the Scottish defender of Club Brugge destabilized Jan Van den Bergh in the large rectangle in the 64th. Lawrence Shankland deceived Mignolet on the only Antwerp shot on target so far (67th, 1-3).
The same Hendry missed the opportunity to weigh down the mark a little more by finding the post in the 74th minute. The score did not change and Bruges pocketed a seventh consecutive success. The Gazelles also take the opportunity to put pressure on Union Saint-Gilloise before the trip of the people of Brussels to Liège soil on Sunday.
