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After the game, the leadership of ref D’hondt and VAR Laforge was the topic of discussion among the Buffaloes. Defender Stefan Mitrovic did not spare his criticism. At Anderlecht, Kasper Dolberg remained ‘cool’ despite all the praise.
“It’s hard for me to find the right words,” hissed the Serb. “Everyone in Belgium hopes for a better level, but what we saw today… Everyone really has to work hard to raise the level in the Jupiler Pro League,” he immediately referred implicitly to the actions of the referee and his assistants.
“This is how you destroy Belgian football. I’m really disappointed. This is so frustrating,” sighed Mitrovic, who came on halfway to compensate for Torunarigha’s exclusion. “I tried to speak to the ref. I had to watch my count because I could say a lot of stupid things. If you check Matisse’s (Samoise) red card, you should also check Jordan’s (Torunarigha) one. It wasn’t a foul at all and I think the ref realized that because when I spoke to him about it, he didn’t say anything. And then there is that phase with Coosemans! You can’t even doubt that.”
The many frustrations have already ensured that Mitrovic has noted a new appointment with Anderlecht in his agenda, which will be all about revenge. “You can bet that we will remember this match when they come to visit us. I also remember what happened last season, so we’ll wait for them and see again!”
Before the 1-0 we were actually in perfect control. We were the better team and were looking for a goal, but that goal knocked us off balance. Then you also swallow a red card. The way we conceded goals, it was unbelievable how unlucky we were. Just like with that 5-0. You only experience something like this once in ten years. Everything went wrong.”
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Dolberg: “Top scorer? Cool”
Seven goals in his last three league games, a hat-trick in the cup and another disallowed goal in Europe: Kasper Dolberg is on fire. And that for an ice cream rabbit. He never celebrates exuberantly, he prefers to speak with his feet. “Am I now the top scorer? Cool,” the striker responded almost emotionlessly after the match.
The Dane blossoms under David Hubert, and he even discovers new qualities. “This was only my second goal on a free kick,” he smiled. The previous one against Kortrijk – identically the same steel-hard kick, 112 kilometers per hour this time – only dates from the beginning of this month. “I was never the man for free kicks at my previous clubs. Now I also wanted to leave the ball to Dreyer. Until I saw how the wall of Ghent was set up. There was too much room not to try,” the striker smiled.
A striker who scores them so easily, other clubs also see that. However, the Dane did not speak about a possible transfer. “How long can I continue this form? I can’t answer that. Those goals are nice, but not the most important thing. It’s hard to say why the balls are flying in now. I always believed in what I did and the decisions I made. Maybe I believe in it even more now. But to be honest, I haven’t had a period like that yet.” (ssg, bvv)
