Standard traveled to La Gantoise this Sunday to continue its series of two consecutive victories, including one in the Croky Cup. But the Rouches did not have the slightest influence on the meeting and lost 5-0.
Standard hoped to be able to continue this Sunday afternoon against La Gantoise. Winner of Saint-Trond last weekend, the Rouches wanted to send a message against one of the most serious candidates for accession to the play-offs 1. An interesting opposition, since only one point separated the two teams, to the advantage of the Buffalos.
And there it is
At home, they were the ones who immediately took the initiative in the game. Epolo already had to pull out all the stops on a long shot from Delorge after 4 minutes. But 60 seconds later, the Belgian goalkeeper was beaten by Watanabe, whose header propelled the ball into the back of the net, despite a nice reflex from the Liège goalkeeper. 5 minutes of play and already 1-0 for Ghent.
Sutalo had the opportunity to quickly equalize after just 13 minutes, but he failed to worry the opposing goalkeeper. Dominated, Standard still had a clear opportunity in the 26th minute, but Zeqiri did not take advantage of the ball released by Schmidt. In the process, Sonko sent a superb strike onto the bar, making the Liégeois close to KO tremble. The situation got worse for Rouches in the 41st minute, when Dean made it 2-0 with a great recovery that left Epolo with no chance.
The same price in the second half
The second period began with the same sign for Standard. Brown was present on a second ball and beat Epolo to make it 3-0 after just 51 minutes of play.
The Buffalos even added a fourth just before the hour mark. Sonko’s lob found Epolo’s bar, but Dean followed well to score his second goal of the match and make the score 4-0. Standard, totally transparent, never managed to wake up and therefore logically lost at the Ghelamco Arena, even taking a fifth goal on an error from Epolo at the very end of the match.
Les Rouches therefore remain in eighth place, with 18 units on the clock.
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