Club was unable to win its first practice match against Beerschot, sticking to a 1-1 draw.
Beerschot played smooth soccer in the first half and took the lead through Sanusi. Blauw-Zwart had no immediate answer to Beerschot's play and could hardly threaten. A rare chance by Vormer was stopped by Vanhamel. After half-time, we saw a completely renewed Club, while Beerschot only made the majority of personnel changes on the hour. It all paid off as Club kept control and could threaten much more. A number of chances were wrung down the neck, but in extremis Okereke erased Beerschot's lead. Final score 1-1, Club did not lose and at times showed great things.
Comments
Matej Mitrovic: "It feels good to be back on the pitch. Nice to start the season fit, last year was completely different unfortunately. I am happy and motivated to make something beautiful out of it this season."
Ibe Hautekiet: "I really enjoy experiencing the preparation with the first team. The pace is a pack higher than in 1B, but you get used to that."
Mats Rits: "In the second half we had started to play better soccer and we were able to translate that into a deserved equalizer."
Romeo Vermant: "We had started the second half much stronger than Beerschot and kept going like that. The equalizer fell late, but it was over-deserved."
Stats
Stadium: Belfius Basecamp
Referee: Jasper Vergote
Club Brugge - first half: Senne Lammens - Ibe Hautekiet, Matej Mitrovic, Arne Engels, Maxim De Cuyper - Ruud Vormer, Ibrahim Fofana, Thomas Van Den Keybus - Noa Lang, Bas Dost, Mathis Servais
Club Brugge - second half: Nick Shinton - Federico Ricca, Lukas Mondele, Noah Mbamba, Clinton Mata - Mats Rits, Lynnt Audoor, Romeo Vermant - Cisse Sandra, Youssouph Badji, David Okereke
Beerschot: Mike Vanhamel - Jan Van Den Bergh (60' Fessou Placca), Frederic Frans (60' Dario Van Den Biujs), Ismaili Coulibaly (60' Ayrton Mboko), Joren Dom (60' Ali Khalife) - Ryan Sanusi (60' George Broadbent), Aboulie Sanyang (60' Amin Belhadji), Stipe Radic (60' Keres Masangu), Leon Krekovic (60' Younes Bourabain), Raphael Holzhauser (60' Apostolos Konstantopoulos) - Musashi Suzuki (45' Blessing Eleke)
Yellow cards: -
Red cards: -
Goals: 30' Ryan Sanusi (0-1), 88' David Okereke (1-1)