Woeful Performance by Charleroi Raises Concerns for the Future

In addition to displaying technical shortcomings unworthy of a resident of the elite, this group has no mentality. Fernandez, for the first professional goal of his young career (38th, 1-0) and Gandelman (42nd, 2-0) delighted in the passivity of Heymans’ partners once they take a blow to the back of the head.

But if Ilaimaharitra had had more lucidity to win his face-to-face against Roef, five meters from the goal (24th), Charleroi fans would not have been forced to turn all their thoughts towards Den Dreef. Already the author of a missed penalty last week at 1-1 against Cercle, which was extremely costly in hindsight, the captain was burned by playing with fire in addition to losing countless balls.

In this regard, he is unfortunately far from being alone. Mazzù does not manage to change this squad which is too static in the possession phase with elements which evolve against the tide and who do not get along on the pitch. “We will continue to fight”, pleaded Heymans at half-time but this core prefers to talk rather than act and Gandelman exploited the apathy of the Sambrians to quietly enjoy a dream evening without almost even breaking a sweat.

Entering at the half-hour mark, the Israeli scored three additional goals (48th 3-0, 55th 4-0, 67th 5-0), to offer himself a historic quadruple for a substitute. Without taking away an ounce of credit from the 23-year-old player, this feat would not have been made possible if the Hennuyère defense had not decreed total hibernation even though it remained on 3 clean sheets in the last 4 matches. “Mentally, we faltered after the first goal,” analyzes a touched Mazzù. Today’s match reflects our season. We are frustrated, disappointed and angry. Within 30 seconds, we could have avoided the playdowns.”

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Today’s match reflects our season.”

That’s the problem when you put your destiny in the hands of other teams. We are safe from nothing and Charleroi deserves to be in playdowns this Monday morning. The only good news for the residents of Mambourg is that the points are not divided by 2 and that they are 5 units ahead of Eupen and Kortrijk and 1 ahead of the bottom red from Molenbeek. “We have to keep our heads high and capitalize on this lead,” insists the technician.

This will be the bare minimum if the Zebras want to confirm the prophecy of Mehdi Bayat who recently assured that “it was impossible for Charleroi to go down.” If they approach the playdowns with the same certainties, the danger will be great. And it would not be utopian for the curtain of the D1A to close definitively.

2024-03-18 05:52:00
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