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Cercle Brugge beats Gent in thrilling match
Cercle Brugge triumphed over Gent by a score of 2-1 in an exciting match at the Jan Breydelstadion. The game was characterized by intensity and yellow cards, with a total of five cautions issued.
Gent started with more possession of the ball, but it was Cercle Brugge who opened the scoring in the 77th minute thanks to a goal by K. Denkey, assisted by Nazinho. The Cercle Brugge striker scored again in the 90th minute, this time with an assist from A. Minda, to make it 2-0.
Gent pulled one back in the 90th minute with a goal from N. Fadiga, assisted by A. Gudjohnsen, but it was not enough to avoid defeat.
Statistics:
* Cercle Brugge: 46% possession, 13 shots (5 on target, 4 off target), 6 corners, 12 fouls, 2 yellow cards, 0 red cards.
* Gent: 54% possession, 6 shots (2 on target, 2 off target), 5 corners, 16 fouls, 3 yellow cards, 0 red cards.
Events:
* 2′: Gent – Yellow card for A. Ito
* 15′: Gent – Yellow card for S. Mitrovic
* 35′: Cercle Brugge – Yellow card for Nazinho
* 36′: Gent – Yellow card for J. Torunarigha
* 63′: Cercle Brugge – Yellow card for C. Ravych
* 69′: Gent – Yellow card for W. Vrancken
* 77′: Cercle Brugge – Goal by K. Denkey (assist by Nazinho)
* 90′: Cercle Brugge – Goal by K. Denkey (assist by A. Minda)
* 90′: Gent – Goal by N. Fadiga (assist by A. Gudjohnsen)
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Substitutions gent: at minute 66 H. Varela came in and F. Surdez went out., at minute 67 T. Araujo came in and A. Brown went out., at minute 84 H. Gambor came in and S. Mitrovic went out., at minute 84 M. Dean came in and M. Delorge-Knieper went out.
Substitutions cercle brugge: at minute 67 K. Denkey came in and K. Olaigbe went out., at minute 67 G. Magnee came in and H. van der Bruggen went out., at minute 67 A. Francis came in and Erick went out., at minute 73 A. Minda came in and Felipe Augusto went out., at minute 76 S. Miangue came in and I. Diakite went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Cercle Brugge
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