Club Brugge has gained confidence against KV Oostende for the arrival of PSG in the Champions League. Clement got the reaction he wanted after the pandoering in Ghent. It became 3-0 after goals from Noa Lang (2x) and Hans Vanaken, who played very well, just like with the Red Devils. Newcomer Kamal Sowah was also decisive in his debut for blue-black.
Club Brugge – KV Oostende in a nutshell:
- Key moment: KVO debutant Steven Fortes takes two yellow cards in a few minutes shortly before the break and with a 1-0 score. From then on, it is only a matter of finishing the match for Club.
- Man of the match: Noa Lang excelled with two goals, especially the first was beautifully made. The collaboration with newcomer Sowah also seemed to go well.
- Remarkable: KVO has come to a complete standstill after a good start to the competition. It has taken 0 points and scored 0 goals in its last 3 matches. The departure of a few key players is being felt in Ostend.
Sowah hands over business card, Lang scores nice 1-0
Club Brugge was eager to flush the 6-1 down in front of its own audience and eagerly started the game. The home team secured KV Oostende in its own half, attempts by newcomer Sowah and Balanta missed the frame.
Halfway through the first half, Club was finally rewarded for their effort. Noa Lang took an excellent long ball from Sowah and poked the ball just as cleverly over goalkeeper Hubert: 1-0, a gem.
The road to a smooth victory seemed to be open for Club Brugge, but just past the half hour, the home team still needed a strong Mignolet to prevent Gueye’s equalizer.
At the end of the first half, stars Lang and Sowah set up another great attack. The Dutchman was knocked down by KVO debutant Fortes, who received his second yellow card of the evening for this: Ostend with ten to halftime.
Ten-headed KVO can no longer make a fist after the rest
After the break, Club quickly wanted certainty about the three points and pressed the accelerator pedal again. The first two chances were lost, but the third was a good one: Vanaken showed his confidence with a great flame at a time that Hubert had no recourse against.
Even after the 2-0, Club continued to opt for the attack. The chances piled up, De Ketelaere and Sowah, among others, failed to completely knock out the ten of Ostend.
So there was still a glimmer of hope among the visitors. KVO came close to scoring the connection goal once, but Mignolet had few problems with Kvasina’s shot.
In the end it was the star Noa Lang who, ten minutes before the end, took away all doubts with his second of the evening: 3-0, a good dress rehearsal for next Wednesday, although the chances will have to be used more efficiently against PSG.
Clement: “With so many chances you have to score more”
- Alexander Blessin (KV Oostende): “The first 30 minutes you saw the strength of Club Brugge. They were eager to show their audience how good they are. After that we came into the match better and we also had a great chance of the equalizer. You have to play against a top team. take advantage of those kinds of opportunities.”
“Then two yellow cards follow in quick succession and it will of course be very difficult. We still tried. In any case, the mentality was good. If we had stayed with eleven, I think we might have had a chance.”
“I’ve talked a lot about decisions lately. I don’t know if you should also give a yellow card for that second mistake, but we have to accept that.”
- Philippe Clement (Club Brugge): “The boys played a good game today, both with and without the ball – and that was also a very important point after the match against Ghent. But with this number of chances you have to score even more goals.”
“You can see that Sowah fits very well in the football that we would like to play. Of course he still has a number of working points, but you can say that about every player, except maybe Hans Vanaken today.”
“We’re writing a new story. We’re fitting in some new guys. There’s even more competition in the core. There’s the number of matches you have because you want to compete on three fronts. And there’s the fact that you really have to compete against the very best in the Champions League. Then it is very important to be able to start that story in this way.”
