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CHRISTIAN BURGESS

Late on the final day of last season, Union missed out on their first Belgian title since 1935. How was that day?

We were confident that we simply needed to win our game. Antwerp were away at Genk, who were both still in contention, and the only way we wouldn’t win the championship was if Antwerp won, or we failed to win. We thought that we had to take care of our own business – we were doing that until the 89th minute at home to Club Brugge. The feeling when the equaliser went in was just one of shock and devastation. We couldn’t believe that it had happened. Then we knew that we had to score, because if we didn’t win, one of the other two teams would claim the title. We went all out and conceded again. Then it really

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