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Onyedika’s Club Brugge out of Cup, St. Truiden ends 24-year wait for win
Membership Brugge returned to aggressive motion following the World Cup break, however Carl Hoefkens group have been significantly lagging as they have been blown away by St. Truiden.
Within the spherical of 16 encounter, Membership Brugge have been roundly crushed at house 4-1 by St. Truiden of their first win over the previous since 2015.
The perimeters had met 14 instances since 2015 and in all within the Jupiler League. Wednesday’s conflict was the primary time the perimeters confronted off within the Cup since 1998.
In that assembly 24 years in the past, St. Truiden gained 4-0 and historical past repeated itself in one other Cup recreation.
Though the hosts had taken the lead within the R16 match on Wednesday, St. Truiden fought their means again, Christian Bruls cancelled out Noa Lengthy’s opening objective within the seventeenth minute.
Within the second half it was the guests all the best way, Bruno bought a brace (62′,88′) and Hayashi additionally bought on the scorer’s sheet.
In the meantime, Raphael Onyedika performed the complete recreation and even bought booked within the first half, however his group misplaced.
Onyedika, 21, signed for the Belgian outfit from Denmark regardless of pursuits from AC Milan.
He has made 11 league appearances, 5 within the UEFA Champions League and featured for under the second time within the Cup recreation.
Subsequent up for the Nigerian and his teammates is a date within the Jupiler League in opposition to Oud-Heverlee Leuven on Monday.
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