Simon Mignolet: "Very happy to continue"

The cup confrontation between Genk and Club Brugge was settled with penalty kicks and there Club showed itself the superior of the home team. Mignolet stopped the first eleven meters and after that all of Club's penalty takersmanaged to score, taking Blauw-Zwart to the quarterfinals.

"The goal for the season was to go for the double," said a clearly happy Club goalkeeper Simon Mignolet. "And by beating this Genk now with penalties we are another step closer to one of our goals. This can only do well for the coming weeks. By the way, I was well prepared for an eventual penalty kick sequence, I knew what they were going to do, but I'm especially happy that I was able to take that first penalty. The boys kicked their eleven meters in perfectly, so yes, very happy that we are going through." Can you call this a victory on character we wondered, as Club fell behind twice, but fought back each time. "I think you can definitely say that, because coming to play here twice in four days is definitely not a gift. Genk is and remains a strong team, they certainly proved that again, but if you can then, to twice draw to the longest end then such victories do double the good of course. And yes, Sunday I had a goal on my conscience and today everything went well so I am the one who has to look in the mirror. I had my share of this qualification today, but we showed again today as a team that we want to win and that's the main thing."(FDC)