Arnaud Bodart was back between the poles against Cercle de Bruges. He brought his serenity to the defense of Standard.
His name had been on everyone’s lips for several weeks in Sclessin. This weekend, he was ticked off by Ivan Leko for his basic eleven against Cercle. Arnaud Bodart directly reassured, even if Leko did not put Epolo on the bench happily.
“We immediately found Arnaud Bodart at the level where we left it. He was decisive in the first half, he made the right saves at the right time. He gave all the answers that Leko was looking for” analyzes Guillaume Gillet for RTBF.
“A coach must think about his future. Unconsciously, the fact of having given Matthieu Epolo a chance, of having conceded quite heavy defeats with errors from his young goalkeeper, put Ivan Leko in a somewhat delicate position. The time had come to give Arnaud Bodart another chance. He could even have done it earlier,” says Gillet.
The opportunity will present itself for Epolo
It is now up to the staff to keep the situation under control: “Jean-François Gillet will have an important task in management, between a goalkeeper who is returning and who is hungry and a youngster who has taken a blow to the head but who must continue to to perform to maintain competition But Epolo has nevertheless gained a lot of experience in a club where the pressure is strong like at. Standard“.
Seeing him celebrate the victory alongside Arnaud Bodart, the 19-year-old goalkeeper seems to handle it all with a lot of maturity. Ivan Leko immediately set things straight by confirming that Bodart would be there again in Charleroi.
