Simon Mignolet: "Ninety minutes of nerves"

Due to his corona infection, Simon Mignolet was forced to watch Club's opening match in the Champions League from home. The goalkeeper saw Club put in a strong performance and deservedly win.

"It was a long time since I followed a match of my team on TV. It must have been since the birth of Lex and the game of the Red Devils that I experienced then in our hospital room. This was no fun. Perhaps the first and for now the only symptom I have experienced since my positive covid test were these ninety minutes of nervousness. This was not for me."

"Beforehand, I did feel good about it and fully believed in the three points. But during the match it was all nerves. While the team completely controlled the match and constantly had the upper hand. Resting 0-0 was already a good result. When we took the lead, I hoped the boys could keep it up. An unfortunate equalizer changed this rather quickly. What followed was 20 more minutes of nail-biting, but the team held on. Thanks in part to good goalkeeping by Ethan and good organization, we were fortunately able to hold on to that deserved point. If you then take the three points in injury time via a great attack through a goal by man of the match Charles, then you can speak of a more than successful opening match in our Champions League campaign. On to Lazio."