bjorn

Sunday 29th January:

Great news came in today as Seretis' agent called me to say that his client had accepted our offer. It was unbelievable as he could join elite teams like Real Madrid and Man Utd, but instead he choose for us. He won't regret it and I certainly hope that he will enjoy his stay here at the club.


Club Brugge 1 - Union SG 0
First Division - game 20
Saturday 4 February 2006
20:00 Jan Breydelstadion - Bruges

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One change was made to the team that beaten GBA last week as new boy Seretis got his chance to prove himself, which meant that De Cock was sent back to the bench. Rozehnal returned was fully fit for this game but wasn't selected in the first 18 players. The visitors, Union SG, had to miss a lot of players today as Robin Mauws (suspended), Cyril Mangin (injured), Thijs Messiaen (injured), Jean-Luc Walschap (injured), Steven Maes (injured) and Umit Bilican (injured) were all unavailable for this game. This meant that Union Sg had to line up some reserve players and that Brugge would have an easy game. This was also the truth as Brugge did have an easy game, but also one of the most boring the fans had seen this season.

Chances, but no real ones
The game started quietly and it took 14 minutes to see the first real chance of the game. Englebert tried a shot from distance, but a fingertip save by Coppens held the ball out of the net. Six minutes later Brugge were awarded a freekick on a dangerous position and a superb save by Coppens was needed to prevent Ceh from celebrating. On the half hour mark Kallstrom had a chance to open the score as he tried a shot from just outside the area but he couldn't keep it down. And so 30 minutes were gone and the fans still hadn't seen a nice build up for a chance.

Who do you think
It didn't last long after that before Brugge opened the score. Four minutes after the first 30 minutes were needed to open the score. Diogo had the ball on the right wing, when he swung the ball into the area. Kallstrom headed it on towards the second post, where Guayre tipped the ball into the back of the net. The home fans were celebrating and thought that this was the thing that the game needed but nothing else was less true. A boring last ten minutes was what the fans got to see in the first half.

Shots from distance
When you will see the match stats you will think that it was a fun game to see, but to be honest, shots from distance were the only things to see in the second half. Union SG can thank their 'keeper Coppens as he was the one that prevented the humiliation for this evening. Maybe it would have been an other game if Union could have ligned up their better players.

Seretis and Guayre
One thing about both players is the last thing in this report. At the back Seretis looked solid and calm and looks to have a bright future at the club. Especially now that Clement is still out for three months, he will get his chances to prove himself and he started here tonight. The thing about Guayre is that he has picked up a yellow card in this game, which means that this is his fifth card of the season and that he will miss the next game away at Anderlecht in the return of the Quarter Final. Good news for Soranio.

Home team stats:
Posession - 55%
Shots - 12
Shots on target - 8
Corners - 2
Free kicks - 20

Away team stats:
Posession - 45%
Shots - 2
Shots on target - 0
Corners - 2
Free kicks - 13 <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

bjorn

Tuesday 7th February:

I was told by Dimitri Dobbenie, one of my physio's, that I would have to miss Peter Van der Heyden for the next two weeks. The player picked up fractured ribs during training and will be out for the upcoming fourteen days.


Anderlecht (0) 2 - Club Brugge (3) 6
Belgian Cup Qtr Final leg 2
Wednesday 8 February 2006
20:00 Stade Constant Vanden Stock - Brussels

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Anderlecht only had to miss captain Glen De Boeck this evening as he was out with a torn groin muscle. Otherwise everyone was match fit and available to fight back from their three nill loss two weeks ago. The visitors, Club Brugge, had bigger problems as they had to miss Clement (injured), Van der Heyden (injured), Aghahowa (international duties) and Guayre was suspended for this game. Gvozdenovic replaced Van der Heyden at the back, while Soranio started upfront. It was a classic game to watch as no less then eight goals were scored in this rival clash.

Inspirational Englebert
It didn't last long before the game was beyond doubt as four minutes into the game, Englebert opened the score with a well placed shot from just outside the area. The Brugge supporters were cheering as they knew it couldn't go wrong now. Englebert was also involved in the second goal of the game when he set up Soranio twenty minutes into the game. More then the half of the 26319 people in the stadion were quiet as they saw their team trailing the facts.

30 yard strike
Anderlecht, however, wanted to fight back for their fans and did so when Mendoza pulled one back with an absolutely stunning strike from 30 yards out. Not that the ball was placed that well, but an error from Butina made it so that Anderlecht were back in the game. It could have been a totally different game if Baseggio's freekick attempt would have gone in, instead of hitting the post.

Two goals, two halfs
The game rate dropped a bit after that shot, but when Ceh fired in his freekick attempt just before the end of the first half, the visitors were celebrating for the third time already this evening. De Vlieger couldn't be blaimed for this goal as the ball took a little deflection of Baseggio. Anderlecht stormed forward at the start of the second half and were rewarded for this when Quinteros placed the ball past Butina. Would this be the factor that would change the whole game?

Three goals, one player...
Yes and no is the answer. It did change the game but not for the home team. Brugge started to control the game and when Casas scored his first goal of the evening there were only 23 minutes left to play. That was more then enough for the Argentinian striker as he fired in two more goals. His second of the game came in the 81st minute while he completed his hat-trick four minutes later. This brought his season tally to 24 goals in only 33 games. The home team couldn't temper their feelings and this became clear when Zewlakow elbowed Vets, which left the referee only one solution. The red card.

Home team stats:
Posession - 47%
Shots - 4
Shots on target - 3
Corners - 1
Free kicks - 10

Away team stats:
Posession - 53%
Shots - 14
Shots on target - 10
Corners - 0
Free kicks - 14 <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

bjorn

Friday 10th February:

I watched the draw for the Semi Final of the Belgian Cup. Two First division teams were still in it, together with two Second division clubs. At the end of the draw we were set up with Genk. The first leg will be played on the 22nd of March 2006.


Lokeren 0 - Club Brugge 5
First Division - game 21
Saturday 11 February 2006
Daknam - Lokeren

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The home team had to make some changes as both Lezou Hugues Doba and Davy De Beule were suspended, while Christian Van Hoeylandt, Kilian Overmeire and Grégory Rondeux were out with injuries. Soranio was back on the bench for Brugge as Guayre returned from his suspension. Lokeren who were in eight place were outclassed as Brugge controlled the game from start to finish.

Golden strikeforce
Once again Brugge didn't have any kind of competition against this Lokeren side. If we look back in time we are shown that Lokeren didn't managed to win against Brugge in the last three years. To be more precise, Lokeren didn't even scored a goal against the current Champions in that time. Today it was the same stuff. Brugge had an early chance when Ceh chipped the ball towards Guayre, but Gretarsson headed the ball over the goal. It was only delay of exsicution as five minutes later they were back. Guayre dribbled his way past tow defenders before he opened the score with a fabulous strike. Brugge were very confident and everything they tried, worked. Five minutes later Ceh chipped the ball into the six yard box and this time it was Casas who finished it off.

Lokeren just watched
Lokeren could only watch as they were played away as Brugge kept pushing forward. Kallstrom tested out Milojevic from long range, while Zoundi managed to get a corner on the other half of the pitch. The resulting corner however was headed away and a counter attack was what followed. A nice team move involving Kutuzov, Kallstrom, Diogo and Ceh was finished off in style as the latter played the ball towards Guayre, who rounded the goallie, before he tipped the ball into the back of the net. Englebert and Kallstrom tried from distance before the end of the first but neither of them could make it four.

Second hat-trick
A six minute double strike from Casas was more then enough to put the forfait numbers on the scoreboard. First it was Kutuzov who served the Argentinian, then it was Swedish midfielder, Kallstrom, who gave the final pass. Lokeren were totally outclassed just like the two previous years. It looks like Brugge is to strong for this competition, and hopefully we can say the same in the Champions League in a few weeks.

Standard fail
With Standard dropping points in two of their last three games, Brugge are now nine points clear with 13 games left to play, and it looks like nobody will be able to stop the blue army from getting their third tittle under manager Björn Noppe. This will then be their fourth consecutive tittle, but that's one less then Anderlecht. They managed to get five consecutive tittles between 1964 and 1968.

Home team stats:
Posession - 51%
Shots - 2
Shots on target - 2
Corners - 5
Free kicks - 11

Away team stats:
Posession - 49%
Shots - 21
Shots on target - 13
Corners - 10
Free kicks - 13 <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>