A handful of seconds later, it was Nielsen, well served by De Cuyper, who failed to deceive Martinez with a header. The latter then diverted a long-range delivery from Jashari, making another decisive double save.
A gag video penalty
After five minutes of play in the second period, Bruges inherited a gag video penalty. Emiliano Martinez gave a goal kick to one of his defenders, located a few meters from him, in the rectangle. Mings, who wanted to take the goal kick himself, took the ball with his hand after the throw-in had been taken. A great gift for the people of Bruges who inherited a penalty. Hans Vanaken didn’t have to be asked and opened the scoring for the Blauw en Zwart.
For 15 minutes, the Bruges residents contained the English offensives well, even managing to create the opportunity for a break. On a well-orchestrated counterattack, Tzolis served Skov Olsen. The Dane’s powerful shot finished above Martinez’s goal.
We had to wait until the 85th minute of play to see an English opportunity worthy of the name. On a loss of ball from Vanaken, Kamara advanced to the edge of the rectangle and crunched his shot too hard, which Simon Mignolet let miss.
Club Brugge therefore carried out a great operation by acquiring Aston Villa, which was at the top of the Champions League standings. Nicky Hayen’s men now have six points out of twelve.
In the other match played early in the evening, Shakhtar won 2-1 against Young Boys Bern.
