Nothing but respect between the coaches except for the press conference the match. But Miron Muslic did indicate that Matisse had Samoise with Olivier Deman admitted that it was not a foul: “Those guys know each other from the U21 of Belgium. Samoise and Deman were laughing after the game, because Deman just cramped.”
Ghent coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck went on and mentioned a recurring pain point: “Why is there no VAR? We are two professional teams. Why can’t you organize that in the cup?”
“If you are still in the first phase of the cup, I can understand that. Then there are still a number of teams that do not have those facilities. But certainly from the 1/8th finals, when the big clubs overshoot, then you have to can be arranged?”
Vanhaezebrouck therefore concluded his argument somewhat cynically: “It’s too expensive, isn’t it?”
The game could have used a VAR. Not only with the questionable red card, but also with the first goal, a double check for offside would not have been superfluous.
Vanhaezebrouck also received a question about his line-up, because the trainer chose largely the same starting eleven as in the competition. Davy Roef, for example, last season’s cup hero, was also not allowed to play.
Vanhaezebrouck was remarkably brief about this: “These are choices I make, but I’m not going to say too much about them. They are conscious made, but I’ll keep it at that.”
