Sowah’s Goal Celebration Drama: Standard Secures a Victory against Leuven

Standard won its second match of the season, against a weak Leuven team. The Rouches were scared, but they are leaving the red zone.

Sowah scores, celebrates then changes his mind

Kamal Sowah knew that the evening was special, against the club where he exploded in Belgium (2018-21). If he did not succeed in his calls and his combinations, he saved his performance, and the Standard match, with a masterful recovery, upon receiving a cross from Canak. The Ghanaian striker exploded with joy for a second, then stopped celebrating his goal. He remained with his arms raised, as if to apologize for having done his job, basically.

The Standard has complicated its life unnecessarily

Standard deserved its advantage at the end of the first period. If he did not inherit a mountain of chances, he at least offered a little more, in the game, than OH Louvain. But the start of the second period quickly gave the impression that the Rouches were too quickly satisfied. The replacement was less good, the efforts less successful and this is how Mendyl took advantage of an opening to make the difference.

Kanga, offside four times but scorer

Wilfried Kanga opened the scoring, following a good serve from Steven Alzate and avoiding the offside trap… for once. The Franco-Ivorian striker was flagged offside four times before the decisive action. The fifth time was the good one for Rouche, who scored his third goal in the last four games.

A first victory against Louvain since 2020

Since returning to the Pro League, in 2020, OH Louvain had never lost against Standard (four wins and two draws). Standard put an end to the series, and left the red zone at the same time. Thanks to its success, Carl Hoefkens’ group moves to eleventh place and takes a little breath compared to the last four places, synonymous with a jump-off for maintenance.

Datasheet

Referee: Lothar D’hondt

Yellow cards : Nsingi, Ngoy, Pletinckx

Buts : Kanga (0-1, 44e) ; Mendyl (1-1, 65e) ; Sowah (1-2, 82e)

OH LOUVAIN: Prevot; Schingtienne, Pletinckx, Miguel (87e Braut Brunes); Sagrado (46e Vlietinck), Schrijvers, Dom (81e Misao), Mendyl ; Maziz, Nsingi, Thorsteinsson (87e Banzuzi)

STANDARD : Bodart ; Vanheusden, Bocade, Ngoy ; Fossey (70th Price), Hayden (70th O’Neill), Alzate, Kawabe (83rd Balikwisha), Djenepo (70th Canak); Sowah, Kanga (83rd Ohio)

2023-10-01 05:33:00
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