Club Brugge looking for Champions League spark vs. Benfica
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN
AP Sports Writer
BRUSSELS (AP) — Three months ago, Club Brugge was hailed as the Bayern of Belgium. It’s now the fourth team in the minor Belgian league. New coach Scott Parker struggles to spark a revival while two-time European champion Benfica travels to Flanders on Wednesday. After Brugge won the Belgian league title for the third season in a row in May with an enthralling attacking brand of football, hopes were high at the club it was just the start of a soccer dynasty as strong as Bayern Munich’s in Germany.