Match-winner Olivier Myny, but Xavier Gies saves furniture for FCV Dender: “It gave me some breathing room” (Denderleeuw)

Timmy Simmons provided an upset of the hat by putting Kenneth Houdrett in the defence, while Dylan Ragul and Kobe Coles were sent to the bench. Immediately explains Simons, who made Italian Matteo Peri’s debut against his former club Verton and also Redouane Mebarki. The game had only begun when Myny gained space and M’Barki tapped in at the far post. Verton immediately responded with a header on the crossbar of Abdullah, who also pricked the rebound. On the other side, the ball hit the ropes after a steel hit from Myny, played by Hens. clank of roses, but she shot herself in the foot at the half-hour mark. Junior medium Berry, previously good for sixteen games at Virton, headed the ball into Abdulla’s path, which was improperly stopped by a rushing tackle by Đukor. Mboyo converted an justified 11m flawlessly. Maine threatened with a free kick, but Vincencini pushed it into a corner kick.

After the break, the picture of the match changed with the dominant Verton failing to open up the team’s defence. Abdallah twice had chances, but Xavier Jes made a great save each time. “We’ve played our first of ten finals, and we’ve made good use of this new competition,” says Gies.

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Radwan Mubaraki opened the match with a goal. “It was only my sixth place. I hope to start a lot, but you won’t hear me say a bad word about Reggie van Acker, who was my mentor. We’ve now given ourselves some breathing room with an eight-point lead.”

Oliver Mainy was decisive. “It was a battle, but we worked well. The penalty kick was hasty, but we can’t blame Gokor because he came to defend anyway. It was tough physically. I had cramps in the last stage.” (rwd)