AA Gent needs a small miracle during the final match day to still reach the Champions’ Play-Offs. In any case, the Buffaloes do not control their fate. In the meantime, coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck has some additional worries.
The Buffaloes are having a dramatic second half of the season. After the expensive defeat on the Standard field, emotions ran high. Striker Tarik Tissoudali channeled that frustration by lashing out at the club management’s transfer policy. Vanhaezebrouck then found another target. As has often been the case this season, he took the match control under fire.
Suspension demanded
Against the Rouches, Ghent had received a fairly light red card, while claiming a penalty in vain. Standard did receive a penalty for handball by Pieter Gerkens. However, the Ghent midfielder could do little about that. But referee Wesli De Cremer was sure of his case and the VAR ultimately supported him in that decision.
That was not to Vanhaezebrouck’s liking, as was evident from his sharp reaction afterwards. “That he decides in less than a second is not possible. Then you are not ready for such a match. It is a young ref and this is an important and charged match. I think more experienced referees would think for a moment and use VAR. let us decide,” he targeted De Cremer. However, he is blamed for these statements by the federal public prosecutor’s office.
Federal prosecutor very hard
For example, a suspension of two match days was demanded, one of which was effective. Bee The last news one could also view the motivation of federal prosecutor Ebe Verhaegen. And he proved to be very tough. “The Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office has established that Mr Vanhaezebrouck – and not for the first time – has misjudged the boundaries. The own players, the Ghent board, the city of Ghent, the referee, the VAR, … Mr Vanhaezebrouck has in recent weeks “no opportunity is left unturned to insult, and at no time is a critical comment made about one’s own performance in the media,” it said, among other things.
Hein counterattacks
Verhaeghen also points out that the Ghent coach has often made such statements. But Vanhaezebrouck did not give up and started the counter-attack on Sunday after the match at Union. “I have been accused of commenting on the ref, the VAR, the city council, the players, the board, my neighbor, the pastor, my wife and my children. What is the ambition of that federal attorney? Does he perhaps want to be general attorney? – become general? When it comes to football, only talk about football. What is he doing? Actually, you should check with a lawyer to make sure he is not causing me any harm by saying all those things.”
