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**Cercle hosted KV Kortrijk on Saturday afternoon at a rain-soaked Jan Breydel Stadium. Our Groen-Zwart controlled the visitors from post to post in the first half. This good football was rewarded by Somers and Ueda in a 2-0 lead at halftime. In a second half with few chances, that lead was never in danger as Cercle deservedly kept the three points at home.**

After the international break last weekend, Cercle took on KV Kortrijk on Saturday afternoon. Cercle could again count on goalkeeper Radoslaw Majecki, who had recovered from a pectoral muscle injury, while Kevin Denkey was suspended.

The ball had only rolled Jan Breydel three minutes earlier when Ueda, after beating the Kortrijk defense, seemed to have given Cercle the lead. However, what would have been an early opening goal was denied due to offside after an intervention by VAR. Our Groen-Zwart were not demotivated by this, however, and continued to play in the Kortrijk half. On ten minutes Deman, would be found with some good combination play in the penalty area. His shot was turned away for a corner kick by the Kortrijk defense. That corner kick would then become even more dangerous as Siquet's sharp cross found Daland, but the Norwegian's header hit the crossbar. A little later the breakthrough would come for Cercle as Deman dropped the ball perfectly onto the head of Somers, who headed his team into a well-deserved 1-0 lead by scoring at the far post.

Kortrijk did not offer much in the first half hour and were only able to create real chances in the last fifteen minutes of the first half. Kadri and Avenatti were close to scoring but both came up short against a strong Majekcki. What the visitors couldn't do, Cercle could. Deman was brought down in the box and Ueda was allowed to double the lead from the spot. It was the fifteenth goal of the season for the Japanese international, but only his first from the penalty spot.

At halftime, Kortrijk coach Storck made three substitutions in the hope that a rearranged team could play improve in the second half. This didn't work out, though, as Kortrijk rarely tested Majecki in the second half.

Cercle, on the other hand, continued to play the beginning of the second half with the same momentum. In particular, Olivier Deman showed in the opening phases that he was still hungry for more. After five minutes he let fly with with a nice bicycle kick that went just over and ended up on top of the goal. Moments later, with a nice bit of passing play, he would form the basis of a well-worked attack. The ball would fall to Somers, but he was unable to get his shot on target.

After a lively opening phase, the level of the match dropped and few chances were created. On the hour, Somers did find some space to free himself and shoot, but his shot was blocked by Watanabe. On the rebound, Siquet tried his luck with a hard shot, but he couldn't get past Kortrijk goalkeeper Vandenberghe. To end the match, Cercle kept control without being really dangerous as both teams seemed to accept the 2-0 final result.

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**Cercle Brugge:** Majecki, Daland (Marcelin 85’), Popovic, Gboho (Ximines 75’), Francis (Vanhoutte 85’), Deman (Hotic 69’), Van Der Bruggen (c) (Lopes Da Silva 75’), Somers, Ueda, Siquet, Ravych

**KV Kortrijk:** Vandenberghe, Watanabe, Kadri (Selemani 46’), Avenatti (Regáli 73’), Wasinski, De Neve (Henen 46’), Mehssatou (Messaoudi 66’), D’haene (c), Loncar, Silva, Bruno (Gueye 46’)

**Goals:** Somers (16’, 1-0), Ueda (37’, 2-0)

Cercle earn a deserved 2-0 win against KV Kortrijk after a strong first half!

Cercle pakt verdiende 2-0 zege tegen KV Kortrijk na een ijzersterke eerste helft!