Three games played and the Buffalos have still not taken a single point.
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Thanks to a goal from Dieumerci Mbokani (17th), Antwerp won its first victory of the season (1-0) on Saturday against Ghent, for the first on the Ghent bench of Laszlo Boloni, the former coach of the Great Old named T1 Buffalos Thursday to replace Jess Thorup. In the standings, after three days, the Antwerp are 8th (4 points) and the Buffalos last with three defeats in three matches. All the matches on the program this Saturday had a winner: Zulte-Waregem took his first points against Waasland-Beveren (4-1), Cercle Bruges inflicted their first defeat in Mechelen (2-3) and Charleroi aligned a third success at OHL (1-3).
If Antwerp and Ghent had still not won a match before the start of their duel, it was not simply due to bad luck. The Antwerp residents gave a first demonstration of their lack of efficiency in front of goal by Faris Haroun who, alone at the far post, did not frame his shot while the Ghent goalkeeper was downright stuck at the back of his net (4th). As for the Buffalos, they took a long time to sketch a first serious attack on a deep pass from Roman Bezus to Roman Yaremchuk, which forced Jean Butez to leave his goal (11th). Antwerp took a slight rise and Haroun made people forget his blunder at the start of the match by placing the ball on a center on the head of Mbokani (17th, 1-0).
The Buffalos tried to react but Niklas Dorsch’s shot was too central (20th), Sven Kums’ free kick missed (29th) and Bezus missed a shot (31st). Meanwhile, Antwerp had not benefited from a loss of ball from Tim Kleindienst, the fault of Lior Refaelov, who did not serve Pieter Gerkens well isolated in front of goal (23rd).
After the break, Yaremchuk hit twice but Butez easily caught his shot from a narrow angle (47th) and had to work a little more on a header (50th). On the other hand, Davy Roef kept his team in the match by leaving a flat foot a powerful header from Haroun (52nd). The Buffalos continued their sterile dominance, which only generated shots from the second row. We were a long way from the blue crusher, who inflicted on Antwerp their last home defeat on May 16, 2019.
While the game remained blocked in the center, Laszlo Boloni replaced Yaremchuk by Laurent Depoitre (74th) and Bezus by Dogbole Niangbo (77th). Barely mounted, the Ivorian gave a shiver to Butez (79th) but did not change the course of the game has not changed.
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