Union Saint-Gilloise continued its momentum against Louvain. Even if everything was not perfect, Sébastien Pocognoli’s men took another step towards the top 6.
The victory was difficult, but against OHL, the Union had a tenth match without defeat in the championship. The team has logically only been moving up the rankings for several weeks; this weekend it retained its place on the podium, one point ahead of Anderlecht and Antwerp.
The Saint-Gillois are six units ahead of Standard, the first team outside the top 6. The group is aware of having one foot in Playoffs 1: “We can say that, especially since those behind are not at their best” , confirms Anthony Moris at La Derniere Heure, especially alluding to the bad times of La Gantoise.
The Union more confident in its forces
But be careful all the same about slacking off: “It’s up to us not to play with fire and to do the work to get there. It would be professional misconduct to miss out. The only thing that could mean that we are not in Playoffs 1, it would be to take the easy route again.”
-The Luxembourg goalkeeper is relishing after the difficult moments at the start of the season: “We always looked upwards, even when we were in the trough. Okay, after the defeat against Cercle, we were just three points ahead of fifteenth and relegation. But by analyzing the matches, we saw that we had the potential to be in the top six.”
It was still necessary to show it on the ground. After having long regretted not collecting the points proportional to the content proposed, theUnion learns to be cynical again by using all the tricks to beat Louvain despite a fairly average match in the game.
