After the painful 0-3 home defeat against FCV Dender EH, the relegation specter is again looming large at KV Kortrijk. This week Freyr Alexandersson paid the price. Successor Yves Vanderhaeghe will face two more important matches in 2024. This could already be changing, Billal Messaoudi sounds convinced.
For KVK, the Christmas period is all about rebirth. A key match may be scheduled for Saturday, when The Guys visit Kiel. The red lantern still hangs there to this day. “We have to win in Beerschot. And then also the home match against Charleroi,” says Messaoudi the Kortrijk website a six on six lead.
The Algerian attacker realizes that his team got into trouble last weekend. “We are obliged to do that after the defeat against Dender. I am sure we will go for it. Everything was just disappointing against Dender,” he has not yet found an explanation for the 0-3 defeat. In any case, it will be a six-point match against Beerschot. That number is also the current gap between both clubs.
Messaoudi already knows how he can best help his team: by scoring goals, of course. That’s easier said than done. Since he settled in the Guldenspoorstadion at the end of 2021, his tally in the Jupiler Pro League has only been three goals and one assist. “That is too little,” Messaoudi himself admits. “I urgently need to score to become important in the group. An attacker is always valued for his goals.”
