2024-10-05 08:00:00
It’s always a special match for both teams. Early Sunday afternoon, Standard and Anderlecht meet at Lotto Park for the first Clasico of the season. And even deprived of their supporters (banned from traveling due to excesses during the last Belgian Cup), the Rouches want to be ambitious. They intend to capitalize on their honorable start to the season to take on the hated rival.
“We all know that during this kind of match, tactics don’t matter much. What matters is your heart, how hard you are ready to fight. I’m going to try to make some teammates understand how much this kind of match is important for the fans” preface Marlon Fosseynow a regular at the Clasico since he could play his 6th.
Fans who will therefore be deprived of Lotto Park this Sunday. Obviously, that changes a lot of things: “It’s obviously a different dynamic without our supporters. But we already experienced it last year. It’s really different. […] But I don’t think it will impact us that much. Last year, they were there before we left Liège, I imagine it will be the same this weekend. We know how important this match is for them, but we are not going to change our intensity, we are going to fight and we hope to take the three points.” simply notes the American.
A Fossey who has good memories against Anderlecht since it was against the Mauves that he scored his first goal in the Pro League: “If I refined my celebration for Sunday? You know, if I score, I will do my celebration. I have really good memories of Clasico. Especially last season at Sclessin. But hey, it’s news season, a new match. The ranking is super tight. If we win, we can make a big jump.”
Speaking of rankings, Standard is currently in 9th place, after its defeat last weekend against Westerlo. Nothing to alarm Fossey: “We were all frustrated. We knew that by winning, we could move up a few places in the standings. But for now, I think we played pretty well. During other matches, we were focused on defense, there We were attacking. Unfortunately, we lacked realism.”
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