2023-11-08 07:20:16
Besides Jérémy Doku, another of our compatriots set foot on the pitch at the Etihad Stadium this Tuesday evening. No, Kevin de Bruyne was not back from injury sooner than expected. It was a man in black who represented our colors. At 39 years old, Erik Lambrechts led his first Champions League match.
And the least we can say is that the referee had his work cut out. With 26 fouls given, three of which resulted in a yellow card, Lambrechts often raised his whistle to his mouth. Le Louvaniste even excluded Sandro Lauper and awarded a penalty converted by the inevitable Erling Haaland.
In our country, he succeeds Lawrence Visser, the last to have managed a match in the Champions League. It now remains to be seen whether his performance will have pleased his supervisors and whether he will whistle other matches this season in the biggest European competition.
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