"Mister Croky Cup?", don't shout that too loud before it turns around"

INTERVIEWS Lior Refaelov is facing his fourth cup final, automatically the nickname 'Mister Croky Cup' comes up although he doesn't want to shout it too loud himself. The game still has to be played, and AA Gent is a feared opponent: "Every final is fifty-fifty, and Gent plays very good football, just like us.
 


Healthy stress

"The tension is growing by the day, at the moment it is still positive, healthy stress. What I tell the young boys is to enjoy the match and keep the same routine as before all the other matches."

Cup win would be a boost

It was Refaelov who took the cup from RSC Anderlecht in 2015. "The supporters also remind me often enough that I still have 'an open debt'. I will do everything I can to get Anderlecht that trophy with some delay. In any case, winning the cup would be a boost towards the play-offs. We will have to be focused every minute, that is also necessary in the cup."

"The double"

After cup win, play champion? "Our first two games will already be crucial, it will be make or break. But the past teaches me that in that competition there is a different favorite every week. The ambition to finish first is there in any case, but for now let's focus on the cup. Let's make it 10', as they say here.