During Standard’s debacle at La Gantoise, Matthieu Epolo could have done better on several goals, especially the last. The Liège goalkeeper is going through a difficult time.
The serious error without consequences of Matthew Epolo against STVV last week still trailing him in the lead? We wrote it: the young Standard goalkeeper was going to have to use it to grow and correct certain clear flaws in his game.
But clearly the problem goes deeper. In Ghent, the Rouches took the lead, and Epolo could have done better in several phases. Not on the first goal, which he conceded after a few good saves. But on Max Dean’s long shot, his trigger seems a little slow.
And above all, on Ghent’s fifth goal, Matthieu Epolo makes a mistake, certainly here too without any real consequences given that the score was established… but the questions remain present. Our colleague from The Last Hour asked Ivan Leko on the subject, and the Croatian firmly refused to incriminate his goalkeeper.
“If I spoke to Matthieu Epolo? I need to speak to everyone after a match like this. After a match like this, you doubt all your players. We are not balanced enough as a team”, affirms Leko, who had already defended Epolo after the episode against Sint-Truiden.
“Matthieu is a very good goalkeeper who has our trust. These mistakes are necessary for him to learn,” concludes the Standard coach. Maybe, but the day they really cost a lot, won’t he regret having left his young, inexperienced porter on the front?
