Bosko Sutalo scored his first goal in the colors of Standard during Rouches’ victory against Charleroi, in the Walloon clash. The Croatian central defender, victim of numerous injuries in the past, manages to continue, unlike his defensive teammates.
Bosko Sutalo arrived at our microphone with a big smile. For good reason, the Croatian central defender scored his first goal in the colors of Standard during Rouches’ 2-1 victory against Charleroi in the Walloon derby this Sunday evening.
“I’m very happy with the goal, but even more happy with the three points. We needed it after the two defeats. My last goal was in my first match with Dinamo Zagreb, two years and a few months ago. After so many injuries and difficult times, to come back here, play and score, what happiness But I will obviously continue to work.
Standard finally exploited Marko Bulat’s paw in the stopped phase
A goal from a set point. The first, excluding penalties, converted by Standard this season. A real avenue to explore further for Les Rouches. “We work a lot on set plays, the coach told us this week that we hadn’t yet scored from set plays and we did it. We have a good shooter in Marko and we have size, we could be more dangerous like this in the future.”
Standard is therefore reassured, after a less than obvious start. “The start of the game was difficult, they were better. We had our plan and we knew what to do, but it didn’t work well. We then took control, had chances and I think we deserved the victory. We made an effort, we were aggressive in the duels. We made some changes at the break and the second half was much better, even though we knew that Charleroi was going to press us to come back.
Despite Dennis Eckert Ayensa’s missed penalty, Standard thought they had taken cover. However, Isaac Mbenza’s magnificent reduction of the score, from a free kick, had reduced the cards for the last moments and given a last hope to Charleroi. “A stupid tackle causes the free kick, he scores a perfect goal and we know it’s always stressful. We had the penalty to make it 3-0, the match would have ended with a score, but that’s how football is. Nothing isn’t finished until the last minute.”
Bosko Sutalo, the survivor of Standard’s defense
In the second half, Bosko Sutalo saw his teammate David Bates leave the pitch due to injury and be replaced by Marlon Fossey who was also uncertain, while we already know that Nathan Ngoy will miss the next few weeks of competition. At Number 16, the physical problems start to come one after the other… except for Sutalo, who manages to continue without injury.
“It came from contact with me in training. He felt a blow to the knee, I hope it’s not too serious. At the moment there is always someone injured. It’s like that in Belgium, there is intensity, tempo and you can’t control when you get injured. Everyone has to be ready, even those who don’t play have to get ready to play. At the moment, I’m the only defender who didn’t get injured, I hope to continue in this direction.”
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