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Dennis and Tau’s Club Brugge clinch Europa League spot despite Real Madrid defeat

Emmanuel Dennis, Percy Tau and Cote d’Ivoire’s duo of Odilon Kossounou, Simon Deli helped Club Brugge secure a Europa League place despite losing 3-1 to Real Madrid.

Europe, see you in 2020 ud83eudd29ud83dudcaaud83dudc4bud83dudd35u26ab pic.twitter.com/DIe3fwpvrE

— Club Brugge KV (@ClubBrugge) December 11, 2019

The Belgians were knocked out of the Champions League in their penultimate game with Galatasaray, but needed a win against the Spaniards to guarantee their berth in the second-tier competition.

Despite holding Zinedine Zidane’s men to a 0-0 draw at half-time, Philippe Clement’s team crumbled in the second-half with Rodrygo, Vinicius Junior and Luka Modric.