Waasland-Beveren edges out Liège in a card-filled match
Liège, Belgium – Waasland-Beveren secured a narrow victory over Liège in a fiercely contested match in the third round of the Challenger Pro League. The game, played at the Stade de Rocourt, was characterized by discipline, with a total of eight yellow cards and one red card, and by possession of the ball, which Waasland-Beveren dominated with 60%.
Despite their possession advantage, Waasland-Beveren had to fight against pressure from Liège, who generated 17 shots on goal, although only three of them found the target. The sending off of Jorgen Geusens in the 66th minute, after his second yellow card, left the visiting team with ten men, but it did not prevent them from taking all three points.
Statistics:
* Liège: 40% possession, 17 shots (3 on target, 11 off target), 4 corners, 19 fouls, 4 yellows, 0 reds
* Waasland-Beveren: 60% possession, 13 shots (2 on target, 6 off target), 3 corners, 16 fouls, 4 yellows, 1 red
Key events:
* 6′: Waasland-Beveren – Yellow card for Jorgen Geusens.
* 16′: Liège – Yellow card for R. Merlen.
* 17′: Liège – Yellow card for J. D’Ostilio.
* 41′: Waasland-Beveren – Yellow card for A. Khatir.
* 63′: Waasland-Beveren – Yellow card for A. Corryn.
* 66′: Waasland-Beveren – Yellow card for Jorgen Geusens.
* 66′: Waasland-Beveren – Red card for Jorgen Geusens.
The match, in summary, was a display of struggle and discipline, where Waasland-Beveren, despite the difficulties, managed to prevail with a solitary goal and maintain their position in the table.
Substitutions liège: at minute 46 A. Arslan came in and R. Merlen went out., at minute 73 A. Lefebvre came in and J. D’Ostilio went out., at minute 73 M. Cavelier came in and D. Mouchamps went out., at minute 84 M. Moulhi came in and F. Da Silva went out.
Substitutions waasland-beveren: at minute 73 F. Dicke came in and S. Coopman went out., at minute 73 Y. Michiwaki came in and A. Ola-Adebomi went out., at minute 79 L. Kerrigan came in and M. Servais went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Liège
Waasland-beveren
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