How Charleroi played a nasty trick on Felice Mazzù, their former coach: “They don’t score the second goal by chance”

This Saturday, they were also able to look at the present with a smile. Everything was not perfect, but in the first half hour, the Zebras were able to apply movements constructed so quickly in their possession phases that the Trudonnaires sometimes lost their heads.

This is the case of Godeau, author of a completely botched intervention, which allowed Heymans to perfectly exploit Zorgan's sublime pass to open the scoring (37th, 1-0). “We had a good matchwelcomed the captain of Sporting. In the first half, we created 4-5 chances. I had plenty of shooting situations. I tried my luck but in the end it was Daan who managed to score.”

After his missed penalty in Louvain, the midfielder made up for it even though he injured his back, on a wrong move, a few minutes after his goal. Nothing for the moment to call into question his participation in the trip to Kortrijk this Thursday. Which can give a smile to De Mil who saw his team learn the lessons of the trip to Den Dreef where they had never been able to score this first goal of the game, oh so important. “We encountered difficulties at the beginning. We were not dominant and we lost easy balls. After the opening score, it was better. I was happy with this first half.”

The coach was also able to congratulate himself on the start of the second period by seeing Titraoui, again excellent yesterday alongside Zorgue, double the lead thanks to superb work from Petris (53rd, 2-0). “We came back with good intentions but we made a positioning error on this actionMazzù points out. And they don't score this goal by chance. We can see that it was worked on and the difference was made thanks to the movements of their players.”

The problem is that Charleroi never knew how to score this third, totally liberating goal. Rogelj wasted a golden opportunity. And Mazzù reacted by changing the system. “Saint-Truiden is a team that never gives up. There is a real mentality in this group. Every minute, I told myself that we had to kill the match because the Limburgers remained dangerous”trust De Mil.

The entry of young Nhaili, 19, allowed the Canaries to return to the match. The young full-back sent a calibrated cross to Bertaccini, the original Carolo, to reduce the score at the start of 5 minutes of added time which seemed interminable for the Sambrians. “It hurt us a little but we stayed together, like a family”smiled Keita.

Which was solidified even more by this victory. All that remains is to win in Kortrijk. So as not to wait until the new year to plan good resolutions. And look up.