Club Brugge will play Fiorentina, finalist last year, for a place in the final. The first leg will take place in Italy on May 2 (9:00 p.m.), the return match in Bruges on May 8 (6:45 p.m.). It is the first time since 1993 and Antwerp, unfortunate finalist of the Cup Winners' Cup against Parma (3-1) where Georges Grun was playing at the time, that a Belgian club has reached the last four of a European competition. And the people of Bruges return to this European stadium for the first time in 32 years with a semi-final lost against Werder Bremen in the European Cup Winners' Cup too.
Bruges knows its opponent in the Conference League semi-final!
“I want to tip my hat to my team. We had to dare. We knew after the first leg that we were going to have some spaces to go on the counterattack. We could have scored again after the break,” added Hans Van Aken. “We scouted the opponent well, I think that's one of our strengths. We never gave PAOK the impression that something was possible for them. I think it was a month ago , no one will have thought that about us after changing coaches We will savor this qualification and if you are in a semi-final, you of course think about the final, but that will be for later. first an important match in the league at Union on Sunday.”
