For Standard, the last meeting before the international break left a particularly bitter taste with a 5-0 defeat in Ghent.
The reception of Cercle de Bruges this Saturday for the resumption should therefore allow the Rouches to forget this scathing defeat and thus resume their race towards a place in the first part of the ranking.
One move to play
Facing the fourteenth, there is something to do, especially at home. To do this, it will obviously be necessary to convert the opportunities. And to achieve this, the Liégeois will once again be able to count on Andi Zeqiri, a player who has been called up to the national team.
With Switzerland, the Standardman played a match against Spain this Monday. Facing the reigning European champion is obviously never easy and the Swiss understood this when Pino made it 1-0 in the 32nd minute. However, Joël Monteiro would equalize in the 63rd minute.
Good for confidence
But Bryan Gil gave his team the advantage in the 68th minute, before Andi Zeqiri scored the equalizer in the 85th minute from the penalty spot. Not enough to allow Switzerland to take a point since Bryan Zaragoza would make it 3-2 in stoppage time, also from the penalty spot.
For Standard, having a player who scored a goal, even if it was from the penalty spot, during the international break is obviously a good thing. Zeqiri can be the one who allows Rouches to make the difference in close matches, as it risks being against Cercle, who need points to leave the red zone.
As a reminder, Zeqiri and his team will then travel to Charleroi for the second Walloon derby of the season. There will then be a trip to Genk in the round of 16 of the Belgian Cup.
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