Club Brugge goes to the Christmas table with an unprecedented hangover: the club was eliminated in the 1/8 finals of the Cup after a home humiliation. The champion took the lead, but then he made several mistakes and even completely collapsed.
Objectives:
17′ long 1-0,
33′ Broyles 1-1,
62′ Bruno 1-2
69′ Hayashi 1-3,
87′ Bruno 1-4
Brief profile of Club Brugge-STVV:
Key moment: Mignolet’s blunder confirmed that STVV could enter the break with a glimmer of hope and stay in the game.
man of the match Bruno put STVV ahead with a deflected ball and delivered a knockdown at the end of the match after a sharp tackle.
distinct: Hayashi had to replace Konate after only five minutes, and later in the match he provided a goal and an assist.
The club dominates, but Mignolet seduces
Carl Hofkins did not intend to approach the 16th Kroke Cup as a third-tier match. He started with the best eleven players at his disposal.
So it was no surprise that Club Brugge completely dominated the match. Blauw-zwart camped out in the STVV half and forced plenty of corner kicks, from which there was no real danger.
But in the 17th minute it was time after a nice individual work from Lang. He fired a rebound from his own half and rushed into Schmidt’s goal. A cold-blooded finish followed: 1-0.
Suddenly out of nowhere came 1-1 Brulls, who scored perhaps the easiest goal of his career. Mignolet gave him a Christmas present early on and kicked the ball across the chest, after which the ball flew into the net.
So resting 1-1, on the game picture.
Sensational STVV after the break
After another fifteen minutes in which Club Brugge dominated, STVV scored by hitting the rebound. A deflected ball flew off Bruno, and Mignolet had no chance.
Surely that wouldn’t be true, stunt STVV in Club Brugge? Victory over a thief?
Yes, because the lead created plenty of space at the back of Club Brugge, which De Kanaries took full advantage of.
Club Brugge completely collapsed and two quick STVV counts converted flawlessly, making it no less than 1-4.
STVV finds a ticket to the Croky Cup quarter-finals in its bag of chips, chokes the club and has to immediately reverse after its first post-World Cup game.
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