Club Brugge outclass Antwerp in topper

The West Flemings eagerly started in their own Jan Breydel. Both Sargis Adamyan and Mats Rits found an attentive Jean Butez on their way to goal. Just before the half hour, the Great Old took the lead with a bit of luck. Simon Mignolet was blinded by the sun and miscalculated Abdoulaye Seck’s header. Hans Vanaken first got off the line, but Michael Frey (29.) headed in the equalizer.

Odoi and Vanaken bend unfortunate backlog

Club was not impressed and almost immediately equalized: one winter addition Andreas Skov Olsen swept the ball in front of the goal and the other winter reinforcement Denis Odoi (31.) equalized with his crown via Butez. And it wasn’t over yet: Birger Verstraete unfortunately got the ball against the hand a little later, so that the Bruggelings were allowed to start from eleven meters. That was right up the alley of captain Hans Vanaken (37.), who kept a cool head and put the national champion in the lead with a low slide through the middle.

Winter acquisitions further deepen score

In the second half, two more additions made their mark. Tajon Buchanan served Adamyan (59.), who deviated past Butez via Verstraete. Skov Olsen (64.) let the home fans cheer for a fourth time after a great action. The Dane cut in from the right and worked hard in the short corner from just outside the sixteen.

Thanks to the generous victory, blue-black (57 pts.) as number two in the ranking reduces the gap on competition leader Union Sint-Gillis to seven, while red-white (53 pts.) has to leave a gap in third place.