This provoked the ire of Mehdi Bayat in the stands who did not hesitate to shout his way of thinking at Jasper Vergoote. The actors had barely returned from the locker room after the break and a contact between De Sart and Zaroury provoked the debate. Was there a penalty when the Ghent touched the ball? “He clearly stepped on my ankle. It was a penalty.”, explains the Carolo striker. “I don’t know why the referee didn’t watch the VAR. It’s the turning point of the game because in such a game, the first to score wins.”
As during the entire game, we quickly felt that the solution could only come from the feet of Zaroury who is back in favor after a good start to the season then marked by a long stint on the bench. “I enjoy every minute on the ground. I would like to play all the matches but I am working hard. When you’re attacking and you don’t score, you can never be happy, but I was good today. That’s what the coach expects of me.”
It only remains to be decisive. From this Tuesday against Kortrijk?
Another contentious phase
Referee Jasper Vergoote held his match well, but he should probably have been called to order by the VAR for whistling two penalties. Besides the first for this involuntary but real sole from De Sart on Zaroury, a second penalty should probably have been signaled for a poorly controlled tackle from Petkevicius on Nurio. The Lithuanian certainly touched the ball but after having hooked the former Carolo.
