Gent coach Wim De Decker after loss: “We were better in all areas” | Jupiler Pro League

The match was dominated by the return of Jess Thorup as coach from Genk to Ghent, his employer for the past 2 years. Genk took the 3 points away with the necessary luck and because Ghent did not finish the chances.

De Decker was disappointed: “We were better in all possible areas. Tactically it was good, we won the duels, the second balls were for us, mentally we were there, playing football was great, but we lose. That’s football.”

“I cannot blame the players. Many players from Genk came to apologize after the match. That says enough, I think.”

Genk has lost a 7th time in 10 league matches, before the season it wanted to play for the title, now it is 13th with 9 out of 30. De Decker: “This loss is a pity, because this is not the first time. Everything is ready. to fall, but it doesn’t fall yet. “

A blunder by Bolat heralded the defeat: “We should not focus on those few mistakes and magnify them. You can look for a culprit with every goal against. But when you see our football, you know that points will follow. It’s just sorry they don’t follow faster. “

A victory could mean that the train finally leaves, De Decker thinks. “We have to keep doing the same and make sure that the players are always mentally ready for it. Then it will be fine. We have already thought a few times that the turnaround was there, but that is not the case yet.”

“If you lose rightly, you can place that, but these ticks all arrive. The players can process this and we will also come out stronger as a group here.”

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Jess Thorup was happy with the 3 points, but not with the delivered game of his Genk against his ex-club. “But this was not me against Ghent. I am now at Genk and we came for the 3 points. We have them and this victory will give the young team confidence. I believe we are on the right track. That is the most important thing. “

Because playing football, it was not very good for Genk. “It was a difficult match and a match without many chances. The teams struggled to get into the match. It is positive that we fought back after the goal against in the first half, but in the second half we defended too much.”

“We only had one chance after the break and then the goal. That is not enough. Our game must be even better, but I can now live with it because of the victory.”

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