At KAA Gent they didn’t know what they saw. After the final whistle, the Buffaloes saw how Westerlo and Racing Genk silently satisfied themselves with a salon draw in the end. “I didn’t think I would ever see this in Belgium again,” grumbled Hein Vanhaezebrouck.
Strange final minutes in Westerlo – KRC Genk.
Both teams tacitly decided not to play for victory anymore. The ball went around for minutes without anyone pushing to score a goal.
It was like this: after the late 1-0 to OH Leuven, the home team was suddenly no longer able to be relegated and the visitors were assured of the top 6 with just one point.
Reaching a tacit agreement and ending with a salon draw was therefore inevitable. Trainer Wouter Vrancken couldn’t even suppress a laugh when he saw the scenes.
Wouter Vrancken laughing in the final minutes.
“At a certain point, the other matches were over and Westerlo no longer put pressure,” the coach reflected. “We were of course happy with a point with 10 men.”
His colleague Rik De Mil: “These were strange situations. Players talk to each other and then this happens. Maybe it was not the ideal ending to the match, but let’s just forget those final minutes.”
Anger at KAA Gent
That is difficult for KAA Gent.
They were the biggest victims of the sham. Because if Westerlo had played hard against a ten-man Genk, the Buffaloes might still have a chance of reaching the top 6.
Hein Vanhaezebrouck and co. However, we saw on the big screen in the stadium how both teams chose the safe option.
“As a trainer, I would never allow what happened in Westerlo,” Vanhaezebrouck grumbled at Eleven DAZN.
“You have one more man and then you just stand still… I think that’s a shame for your own audience. Look, if there had been a risk that Westerlo dropped out, I would understand it. But in this case? I never expected to see this in Belgium again.”
Something like this is on your list as a coach, because other clubs also see this.
Hein Vanhaezebrouck
Finally, Vanhaezebrouck took a stab at Westerlo coach Rik De Mil.
“You carry this with you,” he warned. “Something like this is on your list as a coach, because other clubs also see this. Maybe his past (De Mil coached Gent rival Club Brugge, ed.) has something to do with it.”
De Mil was presented with that statement at the press conference in the Kempen.
“Look. We’ve been trying to save ourselves for weeks,” he opens his verbal defense.
“I definitely kept myself as far away from all the other results as possible. We focused on getting a point after trying to win the match.”
“I am especially disappointed about the goal we conceded,” says De Mil. “You don’t have to do that against ten men. We went all out.”
“I can understand that it is disappointing for the others what happened in the final minutes. But with my past at Club Brugge? I have no idea where that comes from. My only goal was to save Westerlo.”
The lock was also heavily discussed on social media
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