AA Gent could look forward to his first cup assignment. The Buffalos had just dominated the Battle of Flanders against arch-rival Club Brugge, so a cup match against Dessel Sport – a low flyer from L’Eerste Nationale – shouldn’t be a problem.
And so it happened. Gent, with a team that differed by 9 places from last weekend, got off to a furious start and saw Hong score 1-0 after 1 minute. Not long after, the second was already in the basket: the young Cederick Van Daele cheered his debut at Gent with a goal.
Gent didn’t even have to play well to completely fend off a defenseless Dessel. Hong scored 3-0 after twenty minutes with his second of the night, Depoitre scored 0-4 in four minutes. Dessel gave up and was able to thank his goalkeeper Geladé that the forfeit score was not yet on the scoreboard at half time.
But the delay was not an adjustment. Substitute Hjulsager scored 0-5 right after half-time, the rest of the second half was useless. Gent is thus placed in rescue mode for the 1/8 cup final, on Sunday they move to Kortrijk in the competition.
