Nicky Hayen has started his adventure at KRC Genk. The defeat against Club Brugge did not result in any points, but according to the players there are clear signals that something has already been set in motion.
Nicky Hayen has completed his first match as KRC Genk coach. The Limburger now knows what he has to work on with his new team. Despite the result, positive points can be taken from the match against Club.
Afterwards, Yira Sor told us about his new trainer. “He is very calm. The mentality of the team is in good order, because he gives the players a lot of confidence. He tells us that we have to believe in ourselves.”
“He spoke to me before the match,” Sor continues. “He said I really had to have the will to score a goal and in the end I did.”
Players immediately feel new accents under Hayen
“We play with a different style,” says the winger, who also mentions the biggest difference. “But the most important thing is the energy. The mentality and the hunger to win.”
Daan Heymans also saw that Hayen immediately wanted to bring about change. “He already wants to put his accents on, and that was already visible at certain moments.”
About what it is mainly about: “Defensive, the residual defense, how much we stay behind, how much we attack, who should stay when another player goes. Actually, all basic applications that are important in football,” Heymans concludes.
