Jess Thorup left KRC Genk at the beginning of November for an adventure in her own country at FC Copenhagen. The third club already for the Danish coach, after first starting the competition at KAA Gent.
But that Danish adventure certainly does not start as a fairytale. A few days ago Thorup still won in the cup against second division BK Avarta (1-2).
But in his first match in the competition, the ex-coach of Gent and Genk had “price”. On the field of FC Midtjylland it became a 4-0 defeat, with Copenhagen ending the game with 10 men.
Midtjylland is the reigning champion and is also 2nd after 8 match days in the Superliga with 16 points, FC Copenhagen is only 9th with 10 points. It lost 4 times already. Sønderjysk is in the lead with 17 points.
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Thorup was only taken aback. His team was defected after half time and the score could easily be even higher. “It was not the match I hoped for and believed in,” Thorup responded. “Although I also want to congratulate Midtjylland with their power football.”
“The first 30-35 minutes were okay, although we were a bit too passive. I take responsibility for the tactical choice to play hand-to-hand instead of in zone. We didn’t get to train on that for long, but I thought it was. needed to try something new. “
“But when they stepped forward, they had the confidence, while our negative thoughts about our problems prevailed. We have a lot of talent, but if we don’t have the courage to play seriously, it’s a matter of time before we get overwhelmed. turn into.”
“I thought we were closer to them, but the road is still long and we still have a lot of training work to do. For the next match in 2 weeks after the international break we have to bring back the spirit and the faith.”
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