Looking forward to matchday 30: Antwerp holds its breath, the Undav boost and gap(you)
There it is, matchday 30! Things go really fast in the Jupiler Pro League. You can say what you want about the Play-Offs, but the tension is well maintained for an infinite number of clubs until the end of the season. VoetbalPrimeur.be picked five historical interests from the upcoming football weekend.
The Undav boost
Certainties for the champions are already playing on the first pursuer: in fact the fairy tale of Union Saint-Gilloise just continues. Yet last week, for the first time, despair and choice emerged within the ranks, even with guru Felice Mazzu. In the desolate draw against KAS Eupen (0-0), it became clear in any case that the tandem Deniz Undav and Dante Vanzeir is indeed indispensable for Les Unionists† Or enough half of the royal couple to continue to create a furore? Undav can prove that himself in Kortrijk, because after a match day suspension he is back in the game.
Tunnel vision
Never before had Club Brugge shown itself so ambitious before the start of a season. Spending the winter in the Champions League and taking the double in their own country, they sound decidedly. At the beginning of March, reality has overtaken that urge, unfortunately. KAA Gent barred the gate to the cup final very abruptly, resulting Club only the league title remaining to red the season. A consistent to RFC Seraing is allowed in principle, but it is never real problems to the settings at Blue-Black† Hunting one prey is not three different ones anyway, but then it has to be in order in the cup.
Six-point match against Jan Breydel
Yes, even halfway through the ranking, matches can be important. Take Cercle Brugge against KRC Genk for example. While the Limburgers are the eighth leader in closing the teams that are (virtually) entitled to participate in a Play-Off, The Union the chase from place nine. In the interim, the gap between the two teams amounts to five points. If Cercle wants to keep the fire, really only a win. Conversely, Bernd Storck and co can definitively distance themselves by striking themselves.
Antwerp under high voltage (1)
Match day! When sworn enemies Royal Antwerp FC and K. Beerschot VA compete, it always produces drama. This Sunday could be dramatic squared. the big old one can’t kill two birds with one stone: put up the blazon of Brian Priske and almost mathematically condemn the eternal rivalry to relegation to First Division B. Yet there is a treacherous snag, because nobody actually takes into account the points harvest of the visitors† Not an underdog, but an underrat!
Antwerp under high voltage (2)
Not only will the Antwerp city derby be followed with suspicion, but the security forces are also already holding their breath. It is an open secret that both hard cores can sometimes be fought hard during and after mutual confrontations. After this Antwerp-Beerschot, with all the stakes on the table, that could once again be the case, unfortunately … If stock number One fulfills its sporting duty, the place will roll from the home stands. Let’s hope we never have to experience similar scenes from the first leg again!
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