There are three for two places in D1, and all have their fate in their hands before the last day of Challenger Pro League scheduled for Friday evening: the Raal, the RWDM and Zulte Waregem will evolve in Pro League next season in the event of a victory, but we will have to go and get it …
While the Molenbeek club and the Essevee seemed to be launched towards a duel for the title and could have validated their rise in Pro League for a while now, their counter-performance during their last two games (1/6) allowed the Raal, which was however at forced rest this weekend after having beaten the Boraine francs a week ago (2-1), to return to the title race.
In the ranking, the RWDM is still a leader (57 points, 17 victories), a length ahead of Zulte Waregem (56 points, 17 victories) and the Raal (56 points, 16 victories) before the last day of the championship.
This last day, let’s talk about it: chance of the calendar, the RWDM will challenge Zulte Waregem on its land, at the Arc-en-Ciel stadium, in a high-tension match. The winner takes it all : The winner will win the title and validate his climb in Pro League.
In the event of sharing, the Molenbeekois will find the D1 a year after leaving it, while the Essevee will have to hope that the Raal does not pick up the three points. And if Jelle Vossen And his teammates are beaten, only a defeat of the Louviérois will allow them to join the elite …
And if it is the RWDM that bites the dust, the men of Yannick Ferrera will access the Pro League if the Raal is not essential in Lommel.
Because it is in Limburg that Raal will try to forge a new feat, only a year after leaving the D1 ACFF and amateur football. The Louviérois will be fresh -as a reminder, they did not play this weekend -, over -bosted -which could have imagined such counter -performance of the RWDM and Zulte Waregem? – And will have their fate in their hands, which seemed unimaginable ten days ago.
But this trip to Lommel will have nothing of a health walk: despite their distant 11th place in the classification, the Limburgers are capable of the best as of the worst and have just beat the RWDM at the Edmond Machtens stadium (0-1) while the Brussels residents had everything planned to celebrate the climb … and a month ago, they had beaten Zulte Waregem on the same scoring (0-1).
Raal coach since … 2017, eternity in football, Frédéric Taquin could win a fourth title in 8 years after being crowned in D3, D2 and D1 ACFF and lead the ambitious Luviérois club in Pro League. A victory is enough … and maybe even a sharing, in the event of a defeat of Zulte Waregem.
For the big beat of next weekend, any hope of access to the Pro League will not be lost, but it will be necessary to quickly digest the disappointment: a way of the cross will wait for this team (Promotion Play-offsdams against the second of Relegation Play-offs Pro League), a scenario that at all costs avoid avoiding Raal, RWDM and Zulte Waregem …
