Coach Dominik Thalhammer announced his selection for the game against STVV (Saturday at 18h30) after the training on Friday afternoon. Waldo Rubio is not there; the Spanish striker is still injured after the cupgame against Mechelen (muscle injury) and will therefore undergo surgery next Tuesday. How long exactly he will be out, needs to be determined after the operation. Find out the squad for Saturday:
Jesper Daland has been included in the Team of the Week by Eleven Sports and Sport/Voetbalmagazine. In HLN, our central defender was even named the best defender of matchday 22!
Thibo Somers was once again a scourge of the Eupen defense, playing a complete match and in the end the Cercle youth product was also able to break the deadlock, giving Cercle the lead fifteen minutes from time “It was a very difficult game for us, especially the first half. The game was closely fought for a long time and we didn't create many chances. Eupen played with a very low block and only attacked with long balls. In the second half we came out of the dressing room physically stronger and luckily we can take three points back to Bruges. We do hope that the supporters will be able to return to the stadium soon, because we do miss them.”
Senna Miangue had a hand in Thibo Somers' opening goal against Eupen with a long throw-in, but the Belgian also realizes that Cercle did not play its best game: “It was not a strong match for us, but in the end we also have to learn to win matches without style. Today was the perfect example: not our best display, but the most important thing is that we won.”