2023-10-29 06:29:12
What is special regarding Ghent and Westerlo? These two formations constitute the bane of their visitors of the day. Rouches for the Buffalos and Unionists for the Campinois. Engaged in a more than interesting cruising speed, the usual victims now want to turn into hunters. To injure their prey, and collect the units that would allow them to confirm the current state of fitness.
“That’s the magic of football. You never know what might happen.” Cameron Puertas had the precise and appropriate speech at the end of the incredible victory of his colors on the European scene. Nothing is written in advance, especially in a game as popular as football. Because the truth of one day will never resemble that of the next, due to parameters that are as unifying as they are distinct. The form of the moment, the accuracy of the last gesture or the control of one’s emotions, all elements which can influence the course of an encounter.
“If people think that our victory in the Conference League is likely to reassure me before Standard, they are seriously mistaken.” Hein Vanhaezebrouck knows better than anyone that football is an eternal beginning. Certainties are often shattered, as when Liégeois were on the ropes once morest a more precise, incisive, mature Anderlecht.
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“It is in adversity that I like to observe my group, to see what it has in its stomach and what it can provide in terms of answers to the problems that stand in its way.” Carl Hoefkens is a winner, he knows that the two successes acquired once morest Bruges and Anderlecht are nothing if it is to ruin everything in the process. Busy making a nice recovery, both in terms of accounting and in terms of the game offered, Standard must now produce as much outside as at Sclessin, its cocoon made of comfort and passionate supporters.
“Our opponent is one of the best teams in Belgium, we know what awaits us.” A meeting combining pain and self-sacrifice, the kind of one that a Top 6 contender must be able to manage as best as possible to maintain his chances in a fight for Playoffs 1 which promises to be fierce, a bit like the fight planned at the top of the hierarchy. The Union has just completed a series of five successful matches, so it is one of the candidates for the laurels, even if, as usual, everyone denies it in their phrasing. “I prefer to move forward step by step, without telling myself that something specific is being put in place,” breathes Alexander Blessin. “The upcoming program will be tough, starting with our trip to Westerlo. Kortrijk beat Bruges in a surprising way so don’t count on me to tell you that we are in the position of favorite just because our opponent is in a precarious position in the standings. Nothing is ever decided in advance.”
You have to perform, to shake up the predictable and create the unexpected, the surprise, the improbable. An approach which might allow the Union to finally get rid of Westerlo, its only thorn in the side since its return to the Pro League. A necessary philosophy for Standard to defeat La Gantoise following eight joyless matches in all competitions. A style to change habits that are too anchored in the recent past…
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