David Hubert emerged disappointed with the sharing conceded in Charleroi at the very end of the match. The Louvanist coach wants to see his men being able to apply playing time over the duration of a match.
Four years after departure as a player, David Hubert was back on the bench of Den Dreef last weekend. He was very close to celebrating his first victory there. A few seconds from the end of regulatory time, the famous “Sweet Caroline” of King Power Stadium had already sounded twice on two fast attacks. But Charleroi showed everyone, planting two goals on a blow on the stopped phase.
What change the expression on Hubert’s face: “Of course it is painful for everyone to let victory escape like that. I understand the frustration of the supporters. We were too nervous in the ball possession, in the choices to be made.”, He explains at a press conference.
The first quarter of an hour of academics was of quality, with many calls between the central axis and the side of Charleroi : “The way we started is what I want to see. We were good in the ball,” notes Ohl’s T1.
This is one of the points on which he wants to rely to make the team grow: “We have shown that we could be united, with guys who fight until exhaustion. But we still lack confidence and courage when we lose the ball. We wanted to press higher, but that is precisely what opened spaces”.
“It is important to know where we are in our strategy. We wanted to put Charleroi in danger, and we have succeeded at times. Now, we must learn to maintain this position for 90 minutes. We will analyze this in depth,” concludes Hubert.
Abdoul Karim Traoré, the new break -up striker
In the coming weeks, the key could be Abdoul Karim Traoré, a new head that the supporters saw in action for the first time on Sunday. Traoré is one of the five incoming transfers made this summer, all paid transfers encrypted between 400,000 and 600,000 euros. At only 18, the Guinean proved to be with Bourg-en-Bresse last season.
In National, the French third division, Traoré was distinguished by its athletic qualities above the average, which aroused interest this summer, in particular in Mischievous. The gone is very fast, whether on the first meters or a long distance. Tactically, he is also able to know how to end up to attract defenders and let his teammates infiltrate.
A pattern that Louvain often favors. Sunday, the alternation between short and long game was already noticeable, by attracting opposing pressing to better enjoy the spaces on long balls. You just have to have the infiltration of Mathieu Martens On the first goal to notice it.
Traoré could therefore be useful for the maneuver this season, where Mijatovic presents a more refined technical background. On the Bourg-en-Bresse side, the first city often played in a system with two attackers. There could therefore be room for the young Serbian, but it seems that this role is rather devolved to Maertens, whose game intelligence is no longer to be proven.