A sad end for a team which, too often throughout this championship, alternated between the good and, above all, the less good. Despite an honorary record of 31 points, which allows them to escape in certain seasons, Jean-Yves Mercenier's men will return to the provincial level in a few weeks. To rebuild everything. Morally, above all, but also at the level of the core, which will undergo a famous facelift.
But this meeting in Mormont should certainly not leave the Wanze/Bas-Ohatois with regrets. Outnumbered for almost the entire second half, following the exclusion of Moulin, the Grays played the rest of the match with their guts. But Neerdael's equalizer, a good ten minutes from time, was not enough to make the visitors happy. Because, in the first period, Louis Burton, with a beautiful curling shot from the left, had put the Orange in control.
And it was during the last whistle from Mr. Chaspierre that the ax fell for Wanze/Bas-Oha. Whatever the results of Marloie (who won and escaped at the same time) and Gouvy (who won and was sent to the play-offs), they had to win, which the residents of the Stade Louis Manne did not They didn't know how to do it.
What to have regrets about? Yes, obviously, because Jérôme Henrotte's partners had the qualities. Many times, the comments from opposing coaches have been laudatory, again this Sunday. But they missed out on certain matches, like these two non-matches against Waremme. Or they still let slip points that were reaching out to them. Like in Gouvy, with this 4-3 defeat while leading 1-3 at the break. Or this 2-2 split at Meix while the scorer still showed 0-2 in the 87th.
We will therefore have to learn lessons from this failure, because that is what it should be called. What Jean-Yves Mercenier, surrounded, among others, by Éric Foret, Alain Damas and Mika Freson, has already set about to make relegation barely confirmed.
All this while Mormont celebrated with some of his executives who will say goodbye to the club like Amrous, Marthoz or even Dardenne, who thus ended his great career with a success.
- MORMONT: Marthoz, D.Keysers, Crevecœur, Lo Monte, Ebwelle (74th Lambert), A.Burton, A.Kaysers (70th Raposo), Dardenne (89th Marchal), Putz (70th Michel), Amrous, L. Burton.
- WANZE/BAS-OHA: Henrotte, Honay, Moureaux (74th Goosse), Beaujean, Wagemans, Denorme (74th Rasquin), Moulin, Adam, Bertrand (69th Chabot then 90th +2 Pessotto), Bisconti, Neerdael.
- Referee: Mr. Chaspierre.
- Warnings: Medery, Crevecœur, Ebwelle, Bisconti, Amrous.
- Exclusion: 53rd Moulin (direct).
- The goals: 18th L. Burton (1-0), 79th Neerdael (1-1).
