In the first leg of the Belgian Cup semi-final, Union Saint-Gilloise won once morest Antwerp on Wednesday evening. Bart Nieuwkoop gave the advantage to Karel Geraerts’ men in the last minutes of a closed match, which looked like an observation round for the return match at Bosuil in a month. The chances were very rare and not very concrete as the two teams remained cautious.
After this meeting, it was a particularly bitter Toby Alderweireld who showed up for the interview. The Red Devil did not hesitate to castigate the arbitration of Jonathan Lardot, whom he did not consider up to the task this Wednesday. “We didn’t deserve to lose,” complained the Antwerp captain. “We hardly conceded anything to them, but maybe we didn’t create enough either. But what I find particularly striking is the absence of the referee today. At each phase where it was 50-50, he whistled once morest us. Tonight, the Union played twelve once morest eleven…”
