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The penalties are controversial after the Standard-Bruges match: we can decipher the turning points of the meeting


Brugeois and Liégeois did not agree. Decryption of the two key moments of Saturday’s match.

Last Saturday in Sclessin, Nicolas Laforge, his assistants in the field and in the VAR will have been the center of attention with their decision to award two penalties to Standard. This had the gift of dividing Brugeois and Liégeois at the end of the meeting.

The attitude of Hans Vanaken, on returning to the locker room, attested to the frustration which had gripped the people of Bruges. “Before the match already, we knew it was going to happen like that”shouted the double Golden Shoe. Back to the two phases of the discord.

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60th: Mechele foul on Vanheusden

After a superb movement in one touch of the ball initiated by Vanheusden, relayed by Carcela, Bastien and Balikwisha, the Rouches captain collapsed in the area after contact with Mechele. Nicolas Laforge does not hesitate and points to the penalty spot. After a short meeting with the VAR, the referee of the match confirms the penalty, which will be missed by Maxime Lestienne.

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