Standard lost 3-0 at Anderlecht yesterday. Certain choices of Ivan Leko are debated.
The Standard had to quickly become disillusioned during the Clasico: Anderlecht opened the scoring after ten minutes and made the break at the half-hour mark. Despite a few opportunities to get back into the game, the Liégeois appeared quite nervous.
For this crucial match of the season, Ivan Leko made two changes: in addition to the expected return of David Bates in defense, Isaac Price returned to the eleven, sending Leandre Kuavita to the bench.
Price supported by management
A strong choice: at Standard since he was 15, Kuavita had started all the matches of the season as a starter. For his part, Price had lost his place, starting the last three games on the bench.
According to Sacha Tavolieri, the change is not trivial. He affirms that the management of Standard and the English behind A-Cap “pushed internally so that Ivan Leko prefers Isaac Price to Léandre Kuavita in order to have a more offensive heart of the game.
The maneuver is necessarily challenging. Beyond this interference in the Croatian coach’s tactics, she pushes a youngster from the academy to the bench.
