Patro Eisden coach Stijn Stijnen answers all the controversies and talks to Rik De Mil

Patro Eisden knocked Maasmechelen Charleroi out of the Croky Cup this week, it became 4-1 for the Limburgers. After that, however, it was mostly about the dressing room in which Charleroi were received. Coach Rik De Mil said the heat was set to 30 grand. He also said that the toilets appeared to be blocked.

This was followed by an article in Het Nieuwsblad in which other trainees appeared with similar stories. The term ‘customs mafia’ was even used. A real thing Stijn Stijnen difficult to deal with. The coach of Patro Eisden Maasmechelen he replied in an open letter to Het Belang van Limburg.

“Players and staff, like probably all mortals, need a mental boost from time to time,” he says in the newspaper. “People are now trying to block this experience with to present myself as a member of the mafia,” read the article to which I would like to respond here and now The day after the game can be achieved by putting the cause of the loss on the other person.

“However, things change when the loser insults his opponent by spreading relevant lies and publicly insulting him. He is also punished by being dismissed as a mafioso who uses mafia practices, what is being said about me now.”

“This clearly goes beyond the deception and disappointment of removing a trophy. If such statements were made to a referee, this would – quite rightly – lead to prosecution before the disciplinary authorities. But pulling me, it seems possible and allowed.”

Coach Patro is clearly feeling focused. “It must have something to do with my reputation, I hear. What reputation do I think? That I want to say my opinion? That I protect my players and always go For everything? That I refuse to cry with wolves. And hypocrisy? Besides, if I had that reputation, it shouldn’t never give me a blank proof to accuse me freely and sadly.”

“I will continue to ignore the words of the Charleroi coach as a sore loser, I will not waste negative energy on them by filing a lawsuit, but I will turn them into positive forces to lead the club to even higher goals , “said Stijnen, according to HBvL.

Eventually he turned to Charleroi coach Rik De Mil. “One more reading tip for Rik De Mil in these beautiful autumn days that smell of books. About rumours, fantasy, gossip and alleged fame: read ‘The Rumors’ by Hugo Claus.”