Van Bommel equals Antwerp 21/21 from 1930: “Cherish but are also only 7 match days away”
Normally the sky is blue, but this Sunday it turned red in Deurne when Antwerp beat Westerlo 3-0 in the Bosuil stadium. Mark Van Bommel could not help but be satisfied.
Antwerp had a difficult opening phase against Westerlo, that foreign trainer of Antwerp all too well: “Westerlo had it well in the beginning, we had a hard time with that”, Van Bommel opens. “Without really big chances away from Van Bommel there were quite a few dangerous situations on the edge of the 16 resulting we were soon behind the scenes.
“In the end Jean (Butez) gets a total of two good balls in the first half and start in the second half and we start at the right time. At the end of the ride you have to be satisfied because you are 3-0 in a home game” , it sounds.
And that win is already the seventh in a row from seven races, equaling the perfect start that Antwerp had in 1930. “It is very nice to equal a record that is more than 90 years old and that we cherish but we will also always end up only 7 match days on the road.
De Laet Nainggolan
Van Bommel with his basic team for a small shock wave in Antwerp by placing Nainggolan and De Laet on the bench, especially the latter is a real piece of furniture in the Bosuil stadium.
Sometimes I have to make choices to see how the team could perform best to complete. won’t be playing the game,” he leaves the door ajar.