Hans Vanaken wins his 3rd gold shoe, the popol van Himst hunt is open: “I don’t drink alcohol tonight”

After twelve years of absence – the Gala has detained in Vilvorde, Lint, Puurs and Antwerp – the Golden Soulier is back to the Belgian coast. Not in Knokke and Ostend as in the past, but in the magnificent Middelkerke casino, the pride of the bourgmestre Jean-Marie Dedecker.
It arranged Vanaken, who moves with Bruges in Genk this Wednesday evening in the semi-finals of the Belgian Cup. Unless you take the road that runs along the beach, you have to be able to travel between Middelkerke and Knokke, where it lives, in 50 minutes. “”I don’t have time to savor it for a long time, but I will still enjoy it with my teammates and my familyVanaken said after receiving the trophy for coach Rudi Garcia. I will not drink alcohol tonight. Maybe we can catch up on Thursday. No, Garcia did not tell me about a possible selection. I have always been available for the Devils. “
414 – 281 for Puertas last summer
Vanaken has established himself as he does on the ground: without shine but being the most regular. He is the only one to have taken a lot of points in both laps. “”I owe my victory to my consistency, to my good playoffs, in the title with Bruges and in the beautiful campaign in the Champions League. A transfer abroad? You never know, but I feel very well in Bruges. Why leave to leave? It is not excluded that I end my career at the club. “
No one knows if Cameron Puertas – winner of the first round with 414 points that had already won the Middelkerke pro player trophy – would have finished first if he had stayed at the union instead of leaving for the desert, where he is currently Fourth with his Saudi club in Al-Qadisya. “”I expected Puertas to win the first round, it didn’t make me stressExplique Vanaken. Fortunately, he left in June. Me, I had a second round to overcome it and that’s what I did. “
Finally, the gap between Vanaken and Puertas was still 133 points.
Three Belgians in the top 10
What must have worried Rudi Garcia, present in Middelkerke, is the lack of red devils in the top 10. Mario Stroeykens is the second Belgian in 9th place, Maxim de Cuyper the third in 10th place.
Stroeykens is not the only Anderlechtois to have limited the damage. Kasper Dolberg and not the Genkois Tolu Arokodare (4th) rose in third place.
Jan Vertonghen was the only Anderlechtois present. His teammates prepare the other semi-final, against Antwerp. Casually, the Bruges club is caught up with Anderlecht in the general classification of the winners: 23 against 16. But President Wouter Vandenhaute still sees life in purple, as illustrated by the costume he wore in the gala.
As expected, representatives of the two Walloon clubs in our D1A occupy the bottom of the ranking. The excellent Ilay Camara (Standard) still grabbed three points, just like Daan Heymans (Charleroi). ADEM Zorgane (also Charleroi) has two.
Just as in previous years, the Walloon public should not have regretted that the television program has once again been broadcast on a French -speaking channel.