The 0-2 after seventy minutes seemed to shake Club's beliefs, but the dire situation was rectified in just two minutes. Still, a thoroughly deserved qualification to the Conference League group stages, according to Maxim De Cuyper.
“We thoroughly deserve to go through. We were clearly the better team for some 115 minutes. We had our tough moments too, with Osasuna scoring out of nothing twice. Once from a corner kick, and the second time that cross getting headed in. Two opportunities, two goals for them, and that was a bitter pill to swallow. Nonetheless, we reacted really well, and I reckon we deserve to go through. At half time, the coach asked us to continue in the same way, with runners in their back in order to create chances. It was also a matter of applying enough pressure, as he was convinced we would score in this way. We executed that plan to a t, and with the substitutions coming on, the goals followed swiftly. We just felt we were being rewarded for the work we had delivered by then. We can now tick off our first goal of the season: making it to the Conference League group stages, which is a must really. It wasn't all that easy, but I'm very relieved to see we made it happen.” (FDC)