JAKARTA - The Indonesian national team defender, Calvin Verdok, is increasingly confident in being the executor of a corner kick at his club, LOSC Lille. This cannot be separated from his success in creating two assists.
The moment occurred when Verdonk appeared against PAOK in the 2025/2026 Europa League match. During the match at the Decathlon Arena Stadium on October 24, 2025, the left-back managed to create two assists from a corner kick situation.
"This is the first time (I was relied on for a corner kick). I've never taken a corner kick at the club before, but I know I have good quality."
"I thought that day I could take responsibility for this. It's true, in the first corner kick (against PAOK), I provided a pass for a very good and extraordinary goal from Benjamin Andre's header," Calvin Verdonk said at a press conference posted on LOSC Lille's YouTube. quoted on Thursday, October 30, 2025.
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In that match, Lille was 0-3 behind in the first half through goals from Soualiho Meite (1'), Andrija Zivkovic (23'), and Giannis Konstantellas (42'). However, in the second half, Lille rose.
In the 57th minute, Calvin Verdink's charming assist with a corner was successfully completed by Benjamin Andre into a goal to reduce the gap to 1-3.
The goal sparked the enthusiasm of the Lille players. In the 68th minute, Verdok's corner returned to fruition after the ball was headed by Thomas Meunler and continued Hamza Igamane to change the score to 2-3.
Even so, PAOK had widened the advantage to 4-2 through Andrija Zivkovic's second goal, before Hamza Igamane scored again to close the match with a final score of 3-4.
"However, the second ( corner kick) is a little short. Thomas Meunier can head it to (give a header) to Hamza Igamane."
"So, I think it's a very good thing. However, yes, of course I can take advantage of this quality," said Verdonk.
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