Match report 25/03/2021

Cercle wins friendly match against Deinze 2-1

Thursday morning Cercle took advantage of the international break to play a friendly game against 1B team Deinze. Groen-Zwart won the game with 2-1: goals for Cercle came from Kévin Denkey and Figo Suffys. Dansoko scored for the visitors.

Just like in the mutual practice game two weeks ago, the A-team was once again supplemented with some youngsters. Suffys, Zutterman, Vanackere, Scholaert and Sampers all started on the bench, but striker Wolf Ackx was in the starting line-up, forming a duo with Kévin Denkey. Cercle started well and had most of the ball possession. The young Ackx even had a chance to give Groen-Zwart an early lead, but his good run and dito shot hit the post.

Also worth mentioning: an energetic Velkovski on the left flank. The Bulgarian created a lot of danger in the attack and delivered a perfect cross to Kevin Denkey just after the halfway mark of the first period, 1-0. Cercle remained in control, but the visitors also played well. Some five minutes before half time Dansoko tried his luck from outside the sixteen. The Deinzes player's perfect curl landed in the top corner, goalkeeper Bruzzese had no chance. The score was 1-1 at the break.

In the second half, the game continued to play out well. Cercle went in search of the lead again, but Warleson also had a good reflex to keep the visitors from scoring on a couple of occasions. When the ball fell at the feet of Decostere after a Cercle corner kick, the right back shot at goal. Decostere's attempt landed at the feet of Figo Suffys who controlled the ball and fired it into goal. 2-1 for Cercle, also the final score.

Cercle line-up: Bruzzese (46' Warleson), Decostere, Biancone (76' Zutterman), Bates (76' Suffys), Taravel, Velkovski, Deuro, Hotic (60' Vanackere), Hoggas (60' Scholaert), Ackx (60' Sampers) & Denkey

Goals: Denkey and Suffys (Cercle); Dansoko (Deinze)

Pictures

25 maart 2021 | Oefenmatch tegen KMSK Deinze

All images

Related news articles

Ten-man Cercle win big against OHL to keep up the fight for survival

When Hoggas got a red card just after the half hour mark, Cercle seemed to have shot themselves in the foot in this vital match in their fight for survival. Still, despite being outnumbered, Cercle showed tremendous resilience and beat OHL comfortably, 3-0. With this result, Cercle took a big step towards staying in the top flight.

The Groen-Zwart showed its attacking ambitions from kick-off and that quickly resulted in some good chances. Romo was lucky after only two minutes that his clearance, rebounding off Ugbo, went wide and a few minutes later Cercle forced him into several saves. Cercel were definitely more eager, but had to watch out for the visitors on the counter. Halfway through the first half, Henry hit a curling shot that flashed just wide. On the half hour, Hoggas tried to pull out of a challenge on Assante, but the VAR had seen the tackle. The ref took the red card from his back pocket. It was a cruel outcome for the midfielder, and Cercle had to play an hour with ten men in a crucial match. However, the Groen-Zwart continued to get forward and were rewarded shortly before half-time. Ugbo took a pass from Deman and scored to make it 1-0.

OHL had shown little before half-time and came back of the dressing room with much more intent. A shot from the substitute Schrijvers ended up coming off the post. Still, it was the inevitable Ugbo that put Cercle in a dine position: a shot from Velkovski was only half-cleared and the Cercle striker reacted fastest to make it 2-0. Leuven increased the pressure and tried to pin back Cercle. However, the defense held up well and on a rare corner, the captain Taravel all but sealed the result as he climbed highest nodded home to make it 3-0 against the run of play. Cercle successfully defended its lead tooth and nail and when Henry came close to a consolation in the closing stages of the match, the goalkeeper Didillon was there to make a great save.

Cercle Bruges: Didillon, Decostere (88' Vitinho), Bates, Taravel (92' Cassaert), Pavlovic, Velkovski, Vanhoutte, Hoggas, Van Der Bruggen (88' Corryn), Deman (88' Hotic) and Ugbo (8' Denkey).

Oud-Heverlee Leuven: Romo (46' Thamsatchanan), Jemelka (67' Tshimanga), Ngawa, Hubert (79' Eppiah), De Norre, Vlietinck (67' Vlietinck), Tamari, Asante (46' Writers), Sowah, Mercier and Henry.

Match report 10/04/2021

The squad for Cercle-OH Leuven

Coach Yves Vanderhaeghe selected 20 players for the arrival of OH Leuven. Leonardo Da Silva Lopes is not among them. The Portuguese player is not fit enough for the match and has to miss out. Who did make the selection can be found here!

Seizoen 2020-2021 10/04/2021

#CEROHL | Let's do it again.

Video 10/04/2021

Pre-match interview with Yves Vanderhaeghe before Cercle-OHL

Video 09/04/2021