After half-time, a different Antwerp emerged from the dressing room: sharper, faster, and with more drive forward. Waregem clearly had a hard time with it. Yet Waregem seemed to take the lead again. Janssen took the ball away with half a bicycle kick, right in front of Paugain’s nose. Less than a minute later he hit the crossbar on the other side of the field. The rebound was a cold one, you can take it literally at 3 to 4 degrees, a trick for Kerk.
For a moment, Waregem’s Christmas party seemed to be completely ruined, but VAR saved the day. Janssen had touched the ball with his hand. So not 3-1, but 2-1 in a match that otherwise didn’t have much to it. So no late Christmas present for Waregem, but time to make good intentions for the second half of the season.