Two weeks before the start of the championship, Mazzù will have to make choices

A few days after attending the Rolling Stones concert in London, Marc Coucke radically changed the scene by following the double friendly against the Danes of Nordsjaelland on Saturday in the peaceful town of Horst. I Can’t Get No Satisfaction ? Despite Mick Jagger’s language on his t-shirt, the owner of the RSCA was able to be satisfied with the two successes. Two weeks before the resumption, Felice Mazzù is starting to see things more clearly, but he is aware that there is still work to do. To his team to assimilate his principles of play and to the staff to release a base eleven.

Guardian

Four goalkeepers shared the 180 minutes: Verbruggen, Coosemans, Wellenreuther and the young Vanhoutte. Mazzù wanted to see the goalkeepers behind Van Crombrugge (who will play Tuesday against Helmond). If Verbruggen has confirmed his charisma in the cage, the hierarchy is not called into question.

Defense

The Hoedt-Debast-Delcroix trio should start in the championship. The Dutchman shone with a few long balls but he was also feverish at times. Debast was imperial while Delcroix made his match in the second duel, the less intense. We will also have noted the beautiful ease of Sadiki in the center of the defense. The Mykahylichenko try on the left axis was less convincing.

flanks

On the right, Murillo is still there and he showed that Ishaq is still a step below for now. If the transfer window did not exist, the Panamanian would start the competition. On the left, Gomez is obviously the imagined holder but he only looked at his teammates while holding an ice pack at pubic level.

With another profile, Amuzu is a favorite. It is not Angulo’s pale performance that will make Mazzù doubt. This is also the position where the explosive Duranville got into the game. The coach guided him a lot during the match and seems to have the teenager in the right place.

Milieu

This is the biggest construction site. Only one player seems sure of his place in the triangle: Verschaeren, still author of two goals after his hat-trick against Roda. He is the technical leader of the team. It is more vague for the other two positions, the defensive midfielder and the torchbearer. Mazzù must have talked a lot and sometimes shouted when Kana and Olsson played the first duel. Their way of pressing was not adequate. Trebel seemed to have a good card to play as a defensive midfielder but he was not very present in the game, despite a decisive recovery on the only goal, from Stroeykens. Ashimeru and Ait El Hadj weren’t at their best either. Arnstad could create the surprise?

Offensive

Esposito was of course the attraction. He gave a subtle deflection assist after 30 seconds but the Italian is not a Zirkzee clone. Despite technical similarities, Esposito is a true nine, where the Dutchman was more of a ten in disguise. The Inter player no longer needs to be fed balloons. His agreement with Verschaeren is already promising but he still has to find a second striker. Raman scored and should start in the championship but he did not seduce either. Refaelov is not comfortable this high and seems to have slipped back in the pecking order. Verbeke and Vandenhaute, present alongside Coucke, will have noticed that a reinforcement (Fabio Silva?) could be useful.