Schreuder took Lang’s reaction hard and put him on the bench against KV Oostende this week. From one of the favorites for the Golden Shoe, at the beginning of January, to a substitute role – not even two months later.
,,I spoke to him for a while before the game against Ostend. He handled the situation well,” said Schreuder after the 1-3 win on the coast. ,,The story indeed has to do with last week, I’m not going to lie about that. But he handled it well.”
Lang finally came in in the eightieth minute. ,You saw immediately when he came on that he can be decisive. We need everyone if we want to be champions and we currently have the luxury of being able to make choices. Sometimes things happen in a season that you as a trainer have to try to rectify. In the end, no one is bigger than the team. The team goes above and beyond.”
,,Is it a signal to the rest? I am very straightforward and do not deviate from my vision. That includes things that are important to me.”