At Standard, the season is not easy and the club is not helped by the circumstances. This time, they are particularly annoying for the Rouches.
While Leko prepares to face the leader of the ranking at home in the round of 16 of the Belgian Cup this Wednesday, the Croatian technician will have to deal with the absence of a player who had made his return to the team recently.
End of the year
Arnaud Bodart was indeed injured during the Walloon derby last weekend and it is a tear in his adductors and ischios from which he suffers. An injury which will prevent him from playing until the end of the year and which could therefore signal his departure through the back door.
In the meantime, Leko will have to trust Matthieu Epolo again in a competition that he won three times as a player, twice with Lokeren and once with Club Brugge. “At the championship leader, we are not favorites. But in one match anything can happen,” he said.
Through the little door?
After the trip to Genk, there will be the reception of OHL, the trip to Beerschot, the reception of Ghent and finally the trip to Mechelen before the New Year. Meetings that Epolo will play and for which he will therefore have to forget that He was sent back to the bench because of his mistakes.
For Bodart, the concern is that his return to the game was a good opportunity to highlight himself in anticipation of a January start after missing it last summer. If he does not play and no interesting offer arrives, he will then leave for free at the end of the season since his contract is coming to an end.
