David Hubert tempted by a Roberto Martinez-style system for the Topper? “We work on it in training”

Lapage holder against Bruges?

Hubert used the three-man defense when the opposing pressure became strong, to bring stability to the team. The temptation to start directly in this pattern against the Bruges armada must therefore be in the back of his mind. This could be seen as an admission of weakness but it is above all the circumstances which risk guiding his choice.

With his two uncertain left-backs, the coach can say to himself that it is better to rebuild everything rather than tinker with something again. Especially since the entry into the game of the right-handed Foket on the left at Kiel did not reassure the current level of the former Devil. The Roberto Martinez-style 3-4-3 would be all the better suited as Hazard, a regular on the left flank in this hybrid system under the previous coach, is back.

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There is just one big problem for the staff: who to put in the defensive trio when there have never been so few center backs available? Theoretically, only Simic remains. We can add Dendoncker, the midfielder who agrees to sacrifice himself while waiting for arrivals at the transfer window. And the third? He will have to choose between the two kids, Lapage and Engwanda. With an advantage for the first who entered the game on Thursday at Beerschot during the change of system.