I saw most of the Man United - Club Brugge games that played out last week and today (in the Champions League final qualifiers). My only interest was to see how Club would fare (as a Belgian fan). Last week, in the away game, Club did fairly well, holding it to 2-1, until the very last second when Fellaini scored a 3rd goal. 3-1, and an almost impossible task now for Club. Today's return game at Club was an absolute joke. Man United sliced and diced the Club defense and won 0-4, with 3 goals from Rooney. If you ask me, a complete embarrassment for Club. No energy, no desperation, no nothing. Wow. How is this possible?
Interesting for me also was that Club's big transfer of the summer, acquiring Hans Vanaken from my team Lokeren, didn't start in either game. He did sub in both games but was a non-factor. Club spent 5 mill Euro on his transfer, a pittance in the EPL, but a HUGE amount in Belgium.
Anyway, Man United is back in the Champions League after one year away.