This will not be an easy pill to swallow for Standard players, and perhaps even more so for Andi Zeqiri. Scorer against the club which loans him to Sclessin, the Swiss striker saw his former teammates make the difference during extra time. “A superb, but disappointing moment.”
The disappointment was obviously huge for the Standard players after the 1/8 final of the Belgian Cup lost, after extra time, on the Genk pitch. A meeting which turned out to be very special for Andi Zeqiri, on loan from Genk to Standard and scorer of the first goal for Rouches, midway through the second half.
“It was a match with a lot of emotions, between the club I play for and the one I played for last year. It’s something special. Unfortunately we couldn’t win it, but I “I tried to give my best for my club. It was a great moment, but disappointing,” the Swiss striker told broadcaster RTL Sports.
For the second time in five days, Standard cracked in the final minutes
The hardest part for Standard, like last weekend in Charleroi, is the scenario. At Mambourg, the Rouches were a few seconds away from clinching the top 6 of the championship, while this Wednesday evening, they probably came within an unfairly canceled goal from Soufiane Benjdida from offering themselves a qualification which would almost have been heroic.
“We thought we had done the hardest part, because we worked a lot against a team that played well with the ball. We tried to put them in danger, especially since I knew their weak points. I tried to give As much as possible, we were able to score this goal which gave us a lead, but unfortunately we have to hold on until the end and we weren’t able to do it.”
Often abandoned on his island, even by Marko Bulat who did not have the bond he hoped for, Andi Zeqiri fought, as best he could. For a large part of the match, the Swiss was the main threat for the Limburgers, along with Ilay Camara, until his exit in the 86th minute for Soufiane Benjdida. Hands on his knees, Zeqiri had given absolutely everything. And that’s exactly what this Standard needs.
