On August 13, Antwerp’s top scorer Michael ‘The Tank’ Frey – author of that insane five-hit against Standard on match day 3 – had to go early against Charleroi. Two days later the hard diagnosis follows: a small fracture in the left knee. Suspected inactivity: two to three months.
A tough downer for Antwerp, especially for the Swiss, who reportedly immediately laughed at the prognosis. ‘Never six weeks’, ‘I am never out six weeks’, he recorded. You are a tank or you are not. And look, Frey was right. Instead of two to three months, the striker was out for barely two weeks. Was the original diagnosis too pessimistic or are the Antwerp medical staff just performing miracles? The fact is that Antwerp again had its Golden Bull at its disposal against OH Leuven, so that he did not even miss a competition match due to the postponement of the match against Genk last weekend. Coach Brian Priske immediately started him off, Frey scored the 2-0 just before half-time.
“Mike (as Priske always calls Frey, ed.) is an incredible person. He works so hard, every day, at the club and at home. He really is a beast,” said the coach. “Even the physiotherapists were a little surprised that he’s back so quickly.” (MVS)
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