In Anderlecht, this Thursday’s meeting in the Belgian Cup came after the departure of Jesper Fredberg, replaced by Olivier Renard.
And on the side of the purple supporters, we decided to display banners to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the presence of Renard as sports director and to demand the departure of Wouter Vandenhaute.
If David Hubert explained that he did not take this into account when approaching the meeting, he then analyzed the way things went with a certain positivity.
“80% satisfied”
“With this match, I’m 80% satisfied, I’ll say. We know that a Cup match, which represents the shortest path to a trophy, is never easy. Because our opponents stake their lives on this kind of match, because we had to face a double wall by using good ball circulation and showing a lot of patience,” he said.
Before continuing: “We didn’t want to be the bad surprise of this round either, certainly after our bad match last Sunday. The reaction we showed was interesting. We took a little time before registering the second goal but once we doubled the lead, the 3rd and 4th goals fell quickly.”
A deserved first appearance
Hubert then returned to what needed to be improved and to the good performance of two players: “When I talk about 80%, I am referring to the transitions which were not always good. Is this due to the “The state of the field or a bit of deconcentration? I don’t know, but we ended up emerging logically thanks in particular to Kikkenborg who delivered a solid match and to Lapage who deserved this first appearance.
Established for the first time, the grandson of Paul Van Himst could soon obtain more playing time: “He had a good match even if he took a yellow too easily. However, he demonstrated the full extent of his qualities. He’s a boy I know well, who was very close to the first team. It was interesting to see him at work, especially since he’s a youngster from the club who fits in perfectly with the philosophy. of the club and in mine.”
