Thorsten Fink already hands over the keys of his defense to a newcomer

The Limburgers won their first friendly match this Saturday and continue their preparation.

Genk’s season was simply disappointing with a missed European campaign, a cup elimination against Ostend and a championship that ends without a European ticket.

After the departure of Wouter Vrancken, Thorsten Fink has taken over the reins with the difficult task of bringing the club back to the top.

To do this, he seems to be relying on his miracle recipe used at STVV. In the absence of several executives, it is obviously not possible to draw any final conclusions for the moment. But Het Belang van Limburg points out several common points such as tactics, animation, organization or even the fact of lining up Matte Smets in a key position.

Indeed, in Genk, the German also seems to want to play with three central defenders and tall wingers. For the moment, Matte Smets is playing a key role in this context as he followed his coach from STVV to Genk and was immediately started on Saturday. As such, he has already played a central defensive role in this trio. And this position seems to be reserved for him, especially if defensive executives were to leave Limburg in the coming months.