RAS. Jodoigne A

It was a Sunday morning, there was some sunlight coming through the clouds after so many rainy weeks in Belgium, and we could almost feel the warmth on the countryside pitch in Jodoigne.

Jodoigne is a little village located about 50 Km out of Brussels, not much happening there. To find some interesting action in the town, you have to go all the way back to 1568 when in the Battle of Jodoigne, one of the early battles of the Eighty Years’ War, the Spanish Duke of Alba defeated a Dutch rebel force under William the Silent. Anyway, in that same village a football match was played by L2 against a strong local opponent, lessons that will make us stronger were learned…and now go on to our much-needed season break.