The protagonists of the day? The first wore gloves, the second was masked and the third can once again boast of having the best left foot in the country. Simon Mignolet stood out by stopping Tolu Arokodare’s penalty about twenty minutes from time. Brandon Mechele opening the scoring a few moments later. Andreas Skov Olsen perfectly converted a free kick at the very end of the match to seal the score.
While Maxim De Cuyper and Hans Vanaken also did well, Genk, too often the victim of its high pressing, never really had a say. Fortunately for the Limburgers, Nicky Hayen’s men did not convert their big chances in the first period (Christos Tzolis notably missed a huge opportunity) and waited until the end of the game to make the difference.
Two months after losing his son, Casper Nielsen commands admiration at Club Brugge: “He continues to give everything”
Club Bruges, on a series of seven victories, is decidedly unstoppable. Since September 22, he has only lost once: against AC Milan in the Champions League. Union SG, the reigning champions’ next opponent, has been warned. “We are in a good periodadmitted Mignolet. But the more matches you win, the closer you get to that first defeat […] What did I say to Tolu before he took that penalty? Not to shoot in the middle because I wasn’t going to dive. In this way, he necessarily had to choose a side (smile).”
Club Bruges : Mignolet ; Seys (90th + 2 Sabbe), Ordonez, Mechele, De Cuyper ; Talbi (75th Skov Olsen), Onyedika, Vanaken, Jashari, Tzolis (87th Nielsen); Nilsson (75th Vermant).
Genk : Van Crombrugge ; El Ouahdi, Smets, Sadick (82nd Slope), Kayembe; Adedeji-Sternberg (82nd Oh), Heynen, Hrosovsky (82nd Karetsas), Sattlberger (75th Bangoura), Steuckers (88th Oyen); Arokodare.
Referee: M. Vergoote.
Warnings: Sadick, Ordonez, Vanaken, Skov Olsen.
The goals: 77th Mechele (1-0), 86th Skov Olsen (2-0).
