Jupiler Pro League – matchday 23 – 30/01/26 – 20:47
| time | icon | player | homeTime | homeIcon | homePlayer | score | awayPlayer | awayIcon | awayTime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| goal door Hyun-seok Hong na 56′, 0 – 1 | |||||||||
| free kick by Nolan Gillot after 80′, 1 – 1 |
We have seen him do this much better. Davy Roef choked on a surprising free kick in the final phase against La Louvière. The goalkeeper saw the victory and the hoped-for 12 out of 12 for the Buffaloes go up in smoke. You have to hand it to La Louvière: the home team showed themselves extremely resilient today with a strong final offensive.
La Louvière – Ghent in a nutshell
- Man of the match
Nolan Gillot was man of the month for December at La Louvière and wanted to claim that title again today. He brought the score back into balance during his substitute appearance, although we must admit that it was with a stray cross. Afterwards he even came close to a second goal twice.
- Key moment
What happened to Davy Roef at 1-1? Gillot’s ball was certainly intended as a cross, which may be precisely why Roef misjudged the ball. In any case, the leather blew clumsily over the goalkeeper, causing Ghent to miss two points.
- Remarkable
A big team in the small Easi Arena, name a worse combination. After Union, Club Brugge and Charleroi, KAA Gent also lost points in Hainaut.
No 12 out of 12 for KAA Gent.
Ghent had to play without supporters in the Easi Arena, although it turned out in the first half that Ghent was somewhat represented. A banner “Stop small exits” emerged from the spy head of La Louvière.
For once, the absentees might have been right. Sadly little happened in the first half, a free kick from Liongola on the crossbar and a shot from Araujo were the rare highlights.
The pace increased a little more in the second half, although it was also from that air that the first goal came.
Araujo delivered a great cross, which Hong had to run into at the far post. With the first real chance, Ghent scored immediately.
De Gantoise seemed to be able to easily hold off La Louvière, which Afriyie and Fall could not put into position thanks to, among other things, a strong (and smart) Van Der Heyden. Until Roef misjudged Gillot’s cross.
An inner fan and therefore ga victory for Ghent. A golden point for La Louvière at the bottom.
Van der Heyden: “Nothing to say on Roef”
Nolan Gillot (La Louvière): “I didn’t want to kick the goal, it was a cross. But you know that if you kick hard enough towards the frame, it is always possible that the goalkeeper misses it and the ball goes in. That is what happened. The reason for our good reputation against big teams? We have great supporters, they support us from the first to the last minute. I think the artificial grass also helps us.”
Seven Van der Heyden (KAA Ghent): “There is nothing to say against Davy. He has kept us straight for an entire season, Davy is having a very good season. He deserves nothing but praise. I cannot blame him for this, no one in our team. This does not take away the good feeling, we take a point with us and remain undefeated.”
Rik De Mil (KAA Ghent): “We knew in advance that it is difficult to play here. You have to remain patient, be very well organized so that you don’t give much away. I think we have all done quite well, but we could have been a little more in the last part of the field. Then you come out ahead thanks to a nice goal and you actually have to leave here with the three points. Unfortunately, we still concede a goal due to an individual error.”
“There is still plenty to learn for the group. La Louvère actually put an extra man at the front at the end, and we still crept back too much. That is the difference you still have to make in the mindset to keep pushing forward, to set that line higher.”
Fred Taquin (La Louvière): “I am very happy with our first half, the loss of Ito cost us a lot in terms of organization. We fell behind afterwards, but then showed a lot of character to come back. I think it is a good point.
“We always play together here as a close unit. Every player does everything for the team, they are really brothers in arms, we sell our skin dearly. The team also continues to grow. We are stringing together good performances in a very tough competition.”
End
There is the end. After a windless first half, the second became a bit stormier, without really creating many opportunities. Ghent took the lead thanks to a great cross from Araujo and Hong who was in the right place, with ten minutes to play Gillot leveled the home team with a cross that Roef misjudged. Not 12 out of 12 for Ghent.
The game is still up and down, but the quality has disappeared from the match. Dean wants to stab Kanga’s barrel, but doesn’t do it well enough. We’re going to get stuck at a draw.
An extra 4 minutes will be added.
Kanga next!
Here was still the chance for a Ghent victory! After a long ball from the defense, substitute Dean is able to head it into the path of Kanga, who does not have the great form of Sclessin today. With a cracked shot, the ball goes half a meter wide of the post.
It is a matter of survival for Ghent. With another corner the ball ends up at Gillot again, this time Ito is in the right place to block the shot.
The home team smelled blood, and the arena with them. While Ghent has to look for a new lead, it loses the ball and La Louvière is able to cross amid loud cheers. During a corner, goalscorer Gillot is able to head it, but this time he does not hit the ball enough.
Get under it!
Oh no, Davy Roef! After a slight contact in front of the box, Nolan Gillot, man of the month for December at La Louvière, hits a cross. It’s actually not a good ball, but Roef completely misses it and sees the ball fly over him and into the net. Painful miss by the goalkeeper, La Louvière level!
And La Louvière completely disagrees with this. On the corner that immediately follows, Van Der Heyden gets Roef’s arm on the back of the head and promptly lies down. In the middle of the zone where many boys walk around, Ledda has to blow the whistle. To the dismay of the fans, that goes without saying.
Paskotsi has been the Easi Arena’s favorite enemy since before half-time and has the boys in green over him again when he goes down with a ball in the cross.
Roef had a very quiet evening and has not had to make any rescues yet.
Tom Boudeweel on Radio 1
Ito knocks substitute Makaté to the ground, even though he seemed to be starting an attack. Not very sporty, but Ledda keeps her cards in her pocket.
Here there is almost a chance for the home team. Makate accelerates past Lopes and crosses towards Afriyie, who does not time his jump well.
