The Diablotins lost 0-2 against the Czech Republic in the first leg of their accession play-off to Euro 2025. A defeat which risks remaining in people’s minds, particularly in that of Senne Lammens, author of a huge error on the opening score.
The Diablotins came up against the double curtain of the Czechs, even more compact after Karabec opened the score at the end of the first period, following a huge error by Antwerp’s starting goalkeeper, Senne Lammens.
At the half-hour mark, while the Belgians, via Siquet and Van den Bosch, exchanged the ball on the outskirts of their own rectangle, Lammens wanted to clear in one moment, but saw his ball blocked by the Czech striker, before directly enter the goal.
The Imps have no grudge against Senne Lammens
A bitter goal. “But we must not put everything on our backs,” said Mathias Delorge after the meeting. “These are two unfortunate goals (Editor’s note: the second goal is a ball that drags in the small rectangle following a poorly cleared corner), but this kind of errors sometimes happens in football,” put the young midfielder into perspective. La Gantoise pitch.
The coach, Gill Swerts, was also questioned about this phase. And like Delorge, he did not want to put all the blame on his goalkeeper. “It’s very annoying, especially because we made too many individual errors during this qualifying campaign. It’s not fair to Senne.”
“I wouldn’t even call them mistakes, actually. It’s just very unfortunate. It’s hard to explain, because for the same price, that blocked ball goes to the other side of the post.” Whatever happens, we will have to overcome this two-goal deficit on Tuesday to hope to see Slovakia and Euro 2025.
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