By alternating between very pretty movements and a waste still present, the Standard won its first match of the season at the Raal. A success that allows Mircea Rednic to save time, he who believed that his team was not yet fully ready to start the championship.
In his preface to the trip to the Raal La Louvière on Friday at a press conference, Mircea Rednic admitted that he would have liked to have an additional one or two weeks of preparation to better operate a team counting a good ten new faces compared to last season, including the young people present on the bench (Gboua, Mitongo, Olivier and Leunga Leunga in Easi Arena).
With a single “reference” friendly match against the RC Lens in the legs, the Standard nevertheless delivered an encouraging performance for its first of the season, with two goals scored in the first half and a very important clean Sheet in the eyes of Matthieu Epolo and the staff. The second period revealed the extent of the work to be done, but the first 45 minutes can be qualified as successful.
A victory that allows Mircea Rednic to save a little time, at Standard
A victory that allows Mircea Rednic to save time. Here are his keys with the first three points in the suitcase and an additional week to work on automatisms in serenity. It will be necessary in view of the waste still fairly frequent in the transition phase, even if the midfielder keeps the ball much better than last season.
It will also allow two feedback to collective training. Related since the internship due to physical seeds, Ibe Hautekiet and Casper Nielsen should return to the group this Monday, which should not yet be the case with Boli Bolingoli and David Bates. What offer additional solutions to Mircea Rednic, who will not complain. “It’s good, because I had to put several young people on the bench this Saturday,” he said at a press conference.
If the two men will however be difficult to hold their rank against Dender, next Saturday, Ibe Hautekiet could take into account from the second half of August, while it will probably take a little more time for Casper Nielsen, who has hardly resumed the game with Ballon since the end of last season and who will have to learn to combine with his new teammates.
