Standard de Liège had the opportunity to make a big deal in the standings. In the event of victory at La Gantoise, the Rouches could move up to seventh place in the Jupiler Pro League standings. A small miracle when we see the crisis in which the principal club was embedded a few weeks ago. But the Liégeois missed the boat, dominated by much more efficient Buffalos.
With this defeat, the first of Luka Elsner at the head of number 16, the latter remains in 12th position, with 20 points.
For the Franco-Slovenian tactician, this setback is obviously a huge disappointment. But, questioned after the meeting at the microphone of Eleven Sports, Luka Elsner did not seek to hide. “I bear the responsibility for my tactical choice made at half-time. It did not have the expected result, and it even led to a poorer performance in the second half, but I accept it. We sometimes make choices. Some are appropriate, others are less so. The whole thing is to take responsibility for it afterwards. The idea was to put the weight higher, to recover the balloon faster and to put density in the penalty area. Unfortunately, it did not happen like that… We also lacked intensity, response in the duels, on a rather complicated ground. We knew it would go through this, but we failed to do it. Gand managed to gain the upper hand, and we were very weak. The positive point is that the group remained very compact, my players did not try to point the finger at each other. “
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