Antwerp left for Brussels on Saturday afternoon to prepare for the match against Union in peace. Mark van Bommel’s boys still want to make something of their play-offs, but then they will have to show something against the people of Brussels.
Otherwise, Antwerp risks being left empty-handed. If they finish sixth and lose the cup final, there will be no European football to be admired at the Bosuil next season.
And the opponent in that final is also tomorrow’s opponent. Antwerp lost without a chance on its own ‘holy ground’. They have to play them again within 12 days and so tomorrow’s match will be a benchmark.
However, Marc Degryse questions the chances of The Great Old. “The match started, and I wondered out loud: ‘How on earth is Antwerp going to score here?'” he says at HLN.
“We have not yet seen the best Vincent Janssen in these play-offs, but if you barely score one goal in five games – three goals in the last seven games – then you have a collective problem. Then this is not all your fault. from the striker. Hello Balikwisha? Hello Ekkelenkamp?
Offensively things are not going well for the time being. “I was happy that Van Bommel intervened during half-time against Union and brought on an extra attacker with George. Not that it achieved much.”
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