Zulte Waregem and La Louvière wanted to get out of a negative series with a nice performance in the Elindus Arena. However, just like in the first leg, the match turned out to be a dull one. A few phases were important, but no one could really claim three points.
Zulte Waregem and La Louvière both wanted to put an end to a negative series. After a 4 out of 15 and with many draws, it was important for both teams to try to achieve a victory again.
The two PhD students had started the season very well, but after seventeen match days they gradually had to look down. And so an important match between both teams was scheduled.
Few reasons to change either coach
Both coaches felt they had little reason to switch. For the home team, Opoku was back in the starting line-up and Vandenbroeck put Aké on the bench. Liongola was not in the visitors’ selection, Benavides replaced him.
The match itself then? In the first leg in Hainaut it was 0-0 and we had very few chances. And that was also the part in the return match, because it also yielded very little in Waregem.
The penalty via VAR and the cancellation of another penalty
On the half hour, Zulte Waregem was awarded a penalty thanks to the VAR after a mistake by Maës on Tanghe: 1-0 via the captain, who managed to convert the eleven meter himself and thus seemed to put Essevee on roses heading into halftime.
On the stroke of half time it was not 2-0 via a penalty, because the ref canceled the eleven meter this time. On the other side, Fall immediately made it 1-1. And so we once again seemed to be heading for a strange draw, until in a slightly better second half Opoku broke the spell for Zulte Waregem. But it wasn’t over yet, because Gillot scored the equalizer in the 93rd minute. A serious letdown for Zulte Waregem.
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