It runs for Gent this season.
thorup’s business troops topping the group in Europa League and ranks second in the belgian league with a match fewer than the nearest pursuers.
The former FC Midtjylland coach was otherwise on a seesaw after a fluctuating first season at the club. Great results in the cup were forgotten as the final was lost to a team from the second row.
In the league, it was only for fifth place in the league, and Ghent had therefore really not at all qualified for european football, but came anyway, after pokalvinderne from Mechelen were excluded as a result of the belgian match-fixing-scandal.
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– the Team’s performance was not particularly impressive, and with the disappointing end to the season, it was not inconceivable that the club had found a new coach, of course, it is strange to think about now, ” says Stefan Smet, a journalist with the belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad.
Management’s confidence in the Danish trainer has since been rewarded.
Organic farming has transformed the Gent. He took over a team where all in and around the club was stressed. It is not at all to see now, that is a completely different atmosphere in the club. They win battles, but it is the joy in the club, which must be said to be thorup’s business success, says Stefan Smet.
With a win in Wolfsburg is a Gent stumbling close to the advancement in the Europa League. Photo: Fabian Bimmer/Ritzau Scanpix
Gents results this season have not gone unnoticed in the rest of Belgium.
– It was limited, what we knew about Organic farming, but he has gained much respect for his performances since, ” says Stefan Smet.
But it is not only the results, which impresses the belgians. It is also the way the points come in the house. They play fast and lags only after the league’s top team, Club Brugge, when it comes to scoring goals.
– It is a team that makes sure to entertain the club’s fans. They are dominant and play attractive offensive football with high pressure, ” says Smet.
The only thorns on the season’s roses is that thorup’s business troops this season have had big challenges to win matches on foreign grass.
Within the last week they were still the season’s first net receiv. In ten trials, it had been to zero wins regardless of the tournament, but since then they have picked up an impressive victory at the German grass in the Europa League against Wolfsburg and topped it by beating the defending champions from Genk in their orbit.
Foto: Jan Sommer
the Objective this season is that you can also play european football next season, which Stefan Smit sees as very likely.
– It is early in the season, but it would be surprising, if not the Gent could be in the running for seats in the top three, but there is scope for more and would Thorup win a trophy, so he will be a god in Ghent, says belgian journalist.
Success in the belgian league bills itself like to a job in the major leagues, but it is still too early in thorup’s business belgian adventure that it is on the voice, stresses Stefan Smet.
The Danish coach is on contract with the belgian club until the summer of 2021.
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