Dender and the standard separated back to back this Sunday (1-1). A disappointing draw for the Rouches … but also well paid.
Standard has still not won in Europe Playoffs, a statistic that is starting to become absurd. However, the Rouches could have joined their heads thanks to the sharing of all their competitors this weekend.
But the number 16 had to settle for a sharing in the promoted, Dender (1-1). Sharing that could even have been a defeat without the very good performance of a player who lived a frustrating season: Mathieu Epome. The young Liège goalkeeper released several big stops to save his colors.
Brilliant at the start of the season, Epolo had ended up cracking and chaining errors, to the point where Leko had placed him on the bench. After an injury at the end of the season, the product of the Liège academy had again suffered a blow on the head with the arrival on loan from Gavin Bazunu this winter, which took its place between the poles for the end of the classic phase and the start of these Europe Playoffs.
But this Sunday, for the first time since February 1, Epolo was a holder. And he was very good, as recognized by Vincent Euvrard, the coach of Dender, after the match at the microphone of DAZN. “We made a good match overall, even if we suffered a little at times. And we could even have won at the end of the game, but Mathieu Epolo made a big match,” he said.
The type of service which should confirm the international U21 between poles at the expense of Bazunu, not very reassuring, for the end of these playoffs. And for next season?
