Surprise this Monday at Club Bruges: to stop the negative spiral in which the Gazelles are stuck, their management has decided to strike hard. Exit the coach Nicky Hayenplace Ivan Lekowho was stationed at La Gantoise and had already coached the Bruges club for two seasons, from 2017 to 2019. A change all the more unexpected as it comes two days before a gala match against Arsenal, on behalf of the 6th day of the league phase of the Champions League.
The consultants of La Tribune are surprised, even if the Club remained on a 3/12 in the Pro League with a defeat this Saturday at Saint-Trond, which stole 2nd place (3-2). “It hasn’t been playing very well for a few weeks but there have been a few good matches in between, begins Cécile De Gernier. No doubt the decision is well thought out, but from the outside it seems like it’s sudden. Strategically, from Bruges, it’s a bit surprising. It probably didn’t work anymore.”
“I didn’t see it coming“, clutch Philippe Albertfor whom this decision is “not at all logical“. According to the former Red Devil, “they remain on a 3/12 but are only 5 points behind the Union. It’s true that Sint-Truiden went ahead and Anderlecht came back but when you have a coach who has given you so much, both in terms of results and financially, he deserves a little more respect.”
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