Zulte Waregem still has a chance to play in 1A next season. First of all, they have to win the play-offs of the Challenger Pro League. And then winning the second in the play-downs. And that for a team that struggled to get into the top six.
It’s really unbelievable that Essevee didn’t perform better with that budget and those players. Jelle Vossen gave some reasons in Krant van West-Vlaanderen. “I think the injuries have bothered us the most. We have not been able to play with the same team three times in a row.”
“Seigers, who was supposed to be the leader of the defense, has only been able to play very little, Rommens has been out for a long time, Demba too, Vormer too, me too for a month, Gano has been injured for a while… All guys from the central axis with a lot of experience. It was a puzzle every week.”
Should Gano have come back earlier? It’s easy to say afterwards
There was also a lack of experience, but not in terms of age. “Especially the lack of experience of playing for a prize. Very few boys have experienced that and that is really a different mindset.”
“So to speak, many in 1A were used to 4 points per month. If you want to play champions, winning has to be the standard, you understand?”
Top scorer Zinho Gano was then referred to the B team for weeks. “But I still support the club’s decision. Things happened that were not possible, Zinho now realizes that. It is also easy to say afterwards. If we had played champions, everyone now said it was the best decision of The season.”
