Hayen breathes a sigh of relief after being confirmed by the Football Association

The time has come on Sunday evening, when the finale will take place in the Belgian title fight. Leader Club Brugge is of course in the best position and needs a point against Cercle Brugge. Although Blauw-Zwart will have to do without interim coach Nicky Hine.

Since Hayne took over from Ronny Deila, the club has been at a standstill. The interim coach led his team to beat PAOK FC to the semi-finals of the Conference League. ACF Fiorentina showed that they are a bit too big.

Meanwhile, the club also had an impressive performance in the Champions Qualifiers. Blue Zwart only drew against Cercle Brugge and Union SG, and also managed to win all their qualifying matches. This, combined with the points being halved, made the club title favorites once again.

Blauw-Zwart now has the best chance to win the national title. On Sunday evening, Brugge won 0-1 at the stadium of its direct competitor, Anderlecht. This allowed them to return to the forefront position. A draw against Cercle on Sunday evening should be enough to win the tournament.

But Hayne will not be allowed to watch the championship game from his usual seat. In the final stage against RSCA, he could no longer control his emotions and exploded in anger towards referee Erik Lambrechts. At first he gave him a yellow card, but because the coach did not calm down immediately, he even received a red card.

And he’s still celebrating on the field

Hence he was suspended against Circle. During the match, he is only allowed to be in the stands, and is not allowed to communicate directly with his assistants on the bench. The federation even calls in a special “match representative” to verify this. Hine himself has already announced that he will be watching the match from his office.

But the coach feared that if the result was positive, he would not be allowed to celebrate on the field afterward. But the Football Association now confirms The newspaper That the coach is actually allowed to enter the field in the neutral zone after the game. Only interviews and attendance at the press conference will be permitted.