With a zero out of six, AA Gent dangles desolately at the bottom of the Jupiler Pro League rankings. Jess Thorup eventually had to pay the bill for that, so the Norwegian coach got his C4 this week.
As the successor to Thorup, Laszlo Bölöni was appointed as the new coach of AA Gent, which means that a tactical turnaround is expected in the Ghelamco Arena. The Romanian stands for a rather defensive approach, which is mainly focused on the long ball. However, this vision is at odds with the ideal image of chairman Ivan De Witte, who loves beautiful and attractive football.
Bölöni defended himself by stating that his approach is not that defensive at all, but that he always adapts to the player material available at his employers. According to The last news the Romanian will make one change in his starting eleven: defender Igor Plastun will, according to the prediction of HLN not start against Antwerp. As a result, Dino Arslanagic would be dropped in the starting eleven and that is not immediately surprising.
Plastun is the club top scorer of AA Gent with two pieces, but the defender has also been painfully wrong a few times. In addition, Bölöni knows the qualities of Arslanagic like no other, because he worked closely with him at Antwerp. Both Bölöni and Arslanagic are hoping for a good performance and result against their ex-club on Saturday evening.
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