Nano Rivas lost his first match as coach of Roeselare against red lantern Tubize. By losing this degradation topper, they sink further away into the danger zone. Mechelen wins for the tenth time in a row, but the 3-2 victory against Lommel was certainly not without a struggle.
Roeselare:
Roeselare is getting closer and closer to the last place in the standings. It lost for the fifth time in a row and immediately for the first time under new trainer Rivas. Chances are that he has not finished his team again this weekend, which is understandable somewhere. Taking over in the middle of a season is never a gift, but the competition will continue. The next game is against the absolute top of the Proximus League: KV Mechelen.
The first game under Rivas was not a disaster in itself. Roeselare trailed 2-0 very quickly by the two strong holders of Tubize: Hugo Videmont and Thomas Henry. Esvee battled back to a 2-2 tie in the first half, but relieved the reins in the second half. In the end, Anthony Schuster could still make the winning goal for Tubize. Rivas especially wants to preserve the calm. “We have to keep thinking week by week. I now want to prepare my team for the difficult match against KV Mechelen. We must not look too far ahead. ”
KV Mechelen:
Mechelen finally got it tricky again. After winning 3-0 six times, Malinwa finally got in trouble last week against Union Saint-Gilloise. This weekend too, it was with the heels over the ditch, because Lommel could almost pick up a point with ten men behind the Barracks. Trainer Wouter Vrancken sees this as a good thing. ‘We have the three points, but we did have a meeting with reality. We have seen again that laxity is punished in this series and with that lesson we have to go into the second round. ‘
For the neutral spectator it was a very interesting match. It contained all the ingredients that ensured pure football enjoyment: many goals, a remonte van Lommel after a red card, yet a late victory of Mechelen and a good deal of arbitrary errors. Not everything has been said and written about the latter. Tom Van Imschoot was therefore anything but positive about the way in which Malinwa won the victory. ‘We received a letter this week stating that we should no longer criticize the refs, so I will not do that. Losing on Mechelen can happen, but in this way, that is very painful. If you can do this on Mechelen with ten players, you have to be proud. They did not know it at a certain moment, but then that phase comes into the lock and then you bite through a very sour apple. ‘
PREDICTION: KV Mechelen to win @ 1.57
