Wouter Vrancken stands up for player: “No disgrace to him at all”

Wouter Vrancken made some changes to his starting team, compared to last weekend’s weak match at Union SG. Then the Limburgers could only bring a very weak first half to the pitch.

Bilal El Khannouss was one of the victims of that intervention by the Genk trainer. “Bilal was in a lesser period, but that is not a shame at all for such a young player”, Wouter Vrancken is very clear in Het Nieuwsblad.

According to Vrancken, a lot has come to El Khannouss both on and off the field. As a substitute it is sometimes a bit easier for a young player. “I thought we started very strong, lost a bit of energy after twenty minutes, but then played a strong second half again against a Union that folded back.”

However, the draw is bad news for Genk. “Unfortunately we got stuck on a draw, which made our chances of the title very small. We already need a very special scenario to make it.”