After his world-class goal against Benfica, Bjorn Meijer also scored a very nice goal against Standard. The Dutchman curled a free kick delightfully into the top corner and made the final decision. Club ended a turbulent week with a deserved victory against Standard.
"Our victory was well deserved, because we had an almost constant advantage against Standard, which had travelled to Bruges with confidence," said the Dutchman. "After we went down heavily against both Ostend and Benfica, you know there is a lot of chaos coming your way and something is about to happen. But we are pro enough, so we knew what was expected of us. Besides, we owed our supporters something." When asked how different things were under Rik De Mil, Meijer initially held off a bit. "We put our heads together and without going into details we had a good conversation. I immediately noticed that he knew how to create a positive vibe. So the feeling was right from the start, even though you know he wasn't going to change everything. Now we have to keep our feet on the ground and build on that, because Saturday we have another difficult away game at Kortrijk, so we have to confirm. After Gent everyone thought we had been launched, but a week later you needlessly go down the drain at Ostend," said Meijer, who has been finding his way to goal more often in recent weeks. "Even though it went in nicely, my goal in Lisbon was nothing more than a footnote, today my goal turned out to be more important, it was nice." (MV)