In this last part of the final sprint, it is above all in the heads that the matches are won or lost. Felice Mazzù knows it better than anyone and he does not hide it, he has spoken a lot with his players since Monday morning: “Of course it was not easy for them after the meeting, but since then I have found positive, convinced and with a lot of energy in training this Tuesday”, he explains. His group have always reacted well after a defeat this season and he hopes to see the same thing this time: “I told them that we know why we lost this match, not because of a difference in quality between the two teams, but because of a lack of materialization. It only took one mistake to take this goal (Editor’s note: from Vanaken). We must continue in this perspective. I said that I did not want to see anyone let go and nobody showed me that he let go, by the way.”
If he spoke with his whole group, he notably discussed with Dante Vanzeir, author of a missed penalty which could trot in his head: “I left him alone on Monday, but I spoke to him this Tuesday morning. Simply to tell him that he is turning the button, to be released on Wednesday, that Sunday’s game is over, everyone has supported him in the group and he must have a positive feeling, of confidence, this Wednesday, in Bruges. “
The Yellow and Blue are therefore ready to find their number one competitor, in a very unusual double face-to-face in three days… which makes the Carolo coach wince. “Is it special to find Bruges so quickly, twice three days apart? I would have liked you to ask the question during the presentation of the calendar (Editor’s note: but the press was not invited). Well, this draw was made like that, we have to live with it. And when we see Sunday’s performance, we have to say to ourselves that it is possible to beat Bruges.”
