On the Charleroi pitch, Standard lost the Walloon shock, but perhaps also lost Casper Nielsen. We suspect a broken elbow for the Rouches midfielder, who left for the hospital even before the final whistle.
Trailing from the sixth minute of play after Aurélien Scheidler’s opening score, Standard never seemed able to turn things around in the Walloon clash, logically won by Sporting Charleroi, this Sunday.
The Rouches notably lost the midfield battle, largely dominated by Amine Boukamir and Yassine Khalifi, the usual replacements behind the suspended Étienne Camara and Yacine Titraoui.
Among the Rouches, Marco Ilaimaharitra, like many of his teammates, sank on the Mambourg pitch and left Casper Nielsen a little alone to try to put out the fire. The former Union and Club Brugge player did well, but he was often far too isolated to counter the Zebras’ connections.
Court fracture suspected for Casper Nielsen at Standard
This week, the Danish midfielder was happy to reunite with his former teammate Teddy Teuma at the Standard academy, but the two men may well have to wait a little before starting their first match together in the Matricule 16 jersey.
Indeed, Casper Nielsen gave up his place due to injury to Nayel Mehssatou after 70 minutes of play, and Vincent Euvrard was not very reassuring at the press conference. “He has already left for the hospital to carry out tests. We fear a broken elbow. Casper himself made the sign on the pitch that it was over. Fingers crossed, but it didn’t look very good”, grimaced Vincent Euvrard.
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