Christian Burgess speaks after his long injury. He returns in detail to several key facts.
Christian Burgess returned to his injury and responded to criticism of him. Enough to clarify things.
Back on September 20 as a starter with the Union against Standard, the defender explains the circumstances of his injury: “It was in the playoffs against Bruges at home. I had contact on my left foot during from a tackle from Thiago. It was a little painful but I continued after the match, it was more and more painful. I thought it was just a bad bruise and that it would go away. ice cream,” he declared on the microphone of The evening.
Burgess reveals he played in the Belgian Cup final with a broken foot: “Yes, it was a bit crazy to win a trophy with something broken. But I really wanted to win something with the Union . I was given injections for the first time the day before the final and I didn’t feel anything during the match.”
The controversial phase during Standard – Union
He also returned to the controversial phase during the match against Standard, where he committed a foul as the last man on Soufiane Benjdida: “We can see this action in different ways. It happened in a fraction of a second . We’re both fighting for the ball. Maybe if he stops, he gets the free kick and I get sent off. But I think the referee interpreted the phase as saying that. we’re both fighting for the ball, and then our defenders come back well, it’s open to interpretation.”
The London native also looked back on the start of the Union season: “Of course, we didn’t start like we’ve been used to doing over the last three years. But after the match against Westerlo, we started to develop some good football. We were by far the better team against Anderlecht, for example. We should have won this match. But I think we will be on top again at the end of the match. season.”
“I am 100% convinced that we will fight for the title. We have a lot of quality in the team. We certainly lost players, but not as many as the previous season when eight starters left,” explains the player
