Michel Preud’man, the end of the story and the taste of too little. In returning to the banks of the Meuse in the summer of 2018, the Standard – which came out a title in the Belgian Cup and a second place in the league behind FC Bruges under Ricardo Sa Pinto – dreamt of a rosy future. And a new cycle of accumulating the rewards of collective. With “the best coach of the belgian of the time” on the bench, the Ruffles, hoping to rediscover the flavours of the coronation of champions, regoûter to the joys of intoxication, with which the people of Liège are private since 2009.
Two years later, the balance sheet is strong and, somewhat, disappointing. During the first season of his third term as coach to Rivals, MPH has set up his Standard in the third place of the hierarchy of the belgian, despite the eliminations early in Europa League (group stage) and in the Belgian Cup (first round to final… against Knokke). And, we cannot say that the second exercise, the one who has made his mark everywhere he has gone, after having “built” a solid core during the first months, is better bill. Fifth after the final stop of the championship of Belgium, because of the crisis of the coronavirus, eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Cup of Belgium through Antwerp and out during the phase of hens of the Europa League, the Standard has a taste of too little. Michel Preud’man also. He who, at 61 years of age, is without a doubt reached the end of his journey as a leader of men. Bored by this post the requirements are countless.
