Jupiler Pro LeagueCercle Brugge and KV Oostende shared the points after a match that was full of tension, emotion and drama. Cercle was clearly the better team before half-time, but KV Oostende came alongside thanks to two penalties.
Both red lantern Cercle and KV Oostende could use the points well. The home team wants to get away from that last place as soon as possible, the KVO season is neither meat nor fish for the time being. With a win they would join the second tier, a defeat would also put them in the problem zone. Anyone who thought that we would see a closed game because of this, was disappointed.
We had a pleasant first half with mainly dominance – and opportunities – for the home team. Cercle played football as a team that started the match day undeservedly in last place and quickly came close to an opening goal via Ueda, Denkey and Van Der Bruggen. At Van Der Bruggen it was millimeter work. His shot just missed the goal line from the bottom of the bar. Hubert pulled out all the stops to block an attempt by Denkey from the line. Cercle came a lot in the sixteen and there were three actions where the edge was a penalty. Lardot whistled the third, Hubert stopped Denkey’s eleven.
Cercle pushes on
It was only a stay of execution. Cercle kept pushing and Ostend creaked. A corner from Hotic came through goalkeeper Hubert unluckily at Denkey and this time the striker did not miss. Moments later, Ayase Ueda made it 2-0 deservedly. An excellent ball inside by Van Der Bruggen was subtly and beautifully pushed past Hubert. Cercle took the break with that double lead.
More penalty cases
Yves Vanderhaeghe had no choice but to intervene and sent three new men into the field with McGeehan, Katelaris and Berte. The game picture remained the same, however: Cercle put pressure, KVO underwent the game and Ueda still missed a hundred percent chance. The game gradually got more grim, especially with a McGeehan on the field. KV Oostende received a penalty on the intercession of the VAR and even during the consultation of the screen, the Englishman was already hard-handedly extracting the ball from his opponent. Logical yellow.
Ambrose saw his penalty saved by Majecki, but later got the ball back from Sakamoto and didn’t miss. 2-1 and KV Oostende back in the game. Moments later, the Kustboys were awarded another penalty. Despite his previous miss, Ambrose again got behind the ball. This time he shot the ball flawlessly past Majecki, so that after two penalty misses, one was finally scored.
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