Christos Tzolis: "Deserved to score because we had the better of the game"
With a rakish blast, he shook the nets on Den Dreef, giving Blauw-Zwart the three points. "It was a difficult match, but it comes with an important win. I'm happy to be doing my bit with my fourth goal of the league. Oud Heverlee-Leuven is a team to reckon with. Our first half was not up to par, but we changed tactics in the second half and deserved to score because of our preponderance," the match winner spoke.
In the second half, Blauw-Zwart claimed possession of the ball, but the visitors had trouble breaking the deadlock. "It took a long time before we found the solution. Their new coach came with a different gameplan, so it was a bit of a search for us to see how they played. At halftime we adjusted and it showed."
"Everyone gave 100%, including the substitutes. So we helped each other to bring it to a good end." he raised the praise for his teammates.
With half an eye, the goal scorer also looked toward Wednesday's match at Bayern Munich. "I played a few seasons ago in the 2. Bundesliga and now we face Bayern Munich, still one of the better teams in Europe. We are going to enjoy ourselves, but of course we are also going to do everything we can to put in a good performance and show what we can do."
Nicky Hayen: "Positive that we still managed to reel it in"
A win by the narrowest of margins for Club, thanks to another Tzolis goal. A content Coach Nicky was honest in his post-game analysis.
"We continued our run of 'ups and downs'", Club's coach started out. "We didn't put in a fine performance, that's something we need to be honest about. It's a bit of a copy paste of last season's game here: not too good a game, and also some clinical finishing on our behalf. You can see that when we keep a clean sheet, even if we allowed a lot of chances, we always manage to score. The positive thing is that we still managed to reel it in."
Hayen kept Seys sidelined in the second half. "Joaquin had some trouble in the hamstring, playing up by the end of the first half. We will have to see how that evolves."
On Wednesday another clash awaits in Munich. "We are well aware that Bayern is the kind of team punishing every single error. We all know the UEFA Champions League is a completely different ball game, but we will have to drastically rise our level. Players tend to rise above themselves in these types of games, and we are still looking for a bit of balance in this. We always play teams who want to show they are better than us, and we need to be prepared for this. Mentally we are fready, but on the other hand you also saw we had to take off Jorne, tired, and Romeo was also not fit enough to start. The continuous flow of games comes with its difficulties, and we try to tackle them as much as we can. Winning games like these comes in handy then", Nicky Hayen concluded.