Club Brugge, captain Vanaken stops the controversy after Fiorentina: “The penalty can be there”

Hans Vanakenmidfielder and captain of Club Brugge who scored in the Conference League semi-final against Fiorentina in both the first leg and second leg, commented on the elimination in the penultimate round of the European cup to the Belgian club’s microphones.

Vanaken says: “It’s bitter to go out. We are experiencing a typical phase in which the referees sometimes give a penalty and other times, for the same intervention, they don’t. I’m convinced that if the referee hadn’t blown the whistle, VAR probably wouldn’t have intervened. But I think it could be a foul that can also be given.”