After this week's smooth European qualification, Blauw-Zwart received promotionist RWDM on matchday 4 of the Jupiler Pro League. At halftime it was 2-1 after three goals in 5 minutes. In the second half Club raced on and managed to find their way to goal five more times. An extra boost of confidence ahead of the next European assignment!
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As was to be expected, coach Deila rotated a lot on Thursday for the return game against Icelandic KA Akureyri. Despite another big win, the team reverted to the same starting line-up for the confrontation with RWDM. There was one (forced) change compared to last week's team that swept Eupen. Captain Vanaken in particular felt a little sick and started on the bench. The midfield consisted of Onyedika, Vetlesen and Zinckernagel and Nusa came into the team to support deep striker Thiago together with Skov Olsen.
Blue-Black immediately claimed the ball and tried to press the visitors against their own goal. Zinckernagel tried from distance after only two minutes, but his cracked shot landed wide of Defourny's goal. A few minutes later, ei so after all, the opening goal fell. Nusa dribbled his way between several defenders and then took a scorching strike. Defourny had no recourse against his shot, but it unfortunately hit the underside of the crossbar. On the quarter hour mark, Jan Breydel could cheer for the first time. De Cuyper put the ball in front of goal and Zinckernagel appeared at the perfect moment to head the ball past Defourny. The home team could not enjoy the lead for long, however, as less than two minutes later the signs were level after Sanchez finished off a smooth RWDM combination. It ended up being a crazy five minutes, as again two minutes after the equalizer, the nets vibrated again. Nusa kept some opponents on the ball and then served Skov Olsen. The latter did not hesitate to give the Bruges players back the lead.
The second half started with two new names for the visitors, Gueye and Dailly. At Club, De Cuyper stayed in the dressing room as a precaution and Sabbe joined the team. Both teams took a more cautious approach and we had to wait a while for a goal. After about 7 minutes, the first chance was an immediate hit for the Bruges players. Sabbe received the ball from Vetlesen and placed it well in front of goal. Thiago anticipated perfectly and tapped the ball into the net, past Defourny. Thus, the goal margin was slightly increased and ten minutes later the game was as good as played. Skov Olsen's cross had actually failed, but Defourny completely misjudged the ball and the leather disappeared over the goal line.
The home team smelled blood and was hungry for some more goals. Zinckernagel went deep and beat his direct opponent to curl the ball just wide of the post. Moments later the fifth goal was a fact and this time it was Nusa who was rewarded for his strong game. Onyedika was first unlucky with his kick against the post, but in the rebound the young Norwegian made the nets tremble. Blue-Black remained hungry and the score was further increased. A corner kick blew over Defourny and at the far post Buchanan climbed highest to head in the 6-1. The visitors' only chance came off the foot of Biron, but his effort stranded on the outside of the post. Then the final chord came again from Club and this one through Yaremchuk, among others. From close range he was able to decide, but Defourny had no desire to swallow another goal.
That seventh goal came after all, however, and this one via a Brussels foot. Abner tried to intercept a cross from Sabbe, but slid the ball into his own goal. Blauw-Zwart thus made a statement by scoring 7 times and we are now sharing the lead in the standings!
Jupiler Pro League - Playday 4
Spectators: 29.042 - Jan Breydelstadion
Referee: Wesli De Cremer
Club Brugge: Simon Mignolet - Tajon Buchanan, Brandon Mechele, Jorne Spileers, Maxim De Cuyper (46' Kyriani Sabbe) - Raphael Onyedika, Hugo Vetlesen (70' Hans Vanaken), Philip Zinckernagel (70' Denis Odoi) - Andreas Skov Olsen, Igor Thiago (70' Roman Yaremchuk), Antonio Nusa (77' Michal Skóras).
Bench: Nordin Jackers, Nick Shinton, Joel Ordóñez, Denis Odoi, Michal Skóras, Hans Vanaken, Kyriani Sabbe, Roman Yaremchuk, Romeo Vermant.
Coach: Ronny Deila.
RWDM: Théo Defourny - Sada Diallo (46' Makhtar Gueye), Florian Le Joncour, William Klaus - Zakaria El Ouahdi, Pierre Dwomoh (72' Shuto Abe), Alexis De Sart, Florent Sanchez (72' Xavier Mercier), Abner Felipe - Rikelmi Dos Santos (46' Niklo Dailly), Mickael Biron.
Bank: Guillaume Hubert, Shuto Abe, Makhtar Gueye, Niklo Dailly, Theo Gécé, Xavier Mercier, Djovkar Doudaev.
Coach: Cláudio Caçapa.
Yellow cards: Diallo
Red cards: none
Goals: 15' Zinckernagel (1-0), 17' Sanchez (1-1), 19' Skov Olsen (2-1), 52' Thiago (3-1), 63' Skov Olsen (4-1), 74' Nusa (5-1), 78' Buchanan (6-1), 90+2' Abner (7-1, owngoal)