In the week Scotland appointed a Belgian head coach, Sebastien Pocognoli, it was of great use that Hibernian headed to Ghent in the Conference League.
It meant a few inquisitive Scottish journalists were allowed to throw some questions of the national team's new boss to one of his former contemporaries, Gent coach Rik De Mil.
The former goalkeeper was in charge of Charleroi when Pocognoli guided Union Saint-Gilloise to their first league title in 90 years.
"He's a very good coach, he did very well here in Union," De Mil said.
"He's a young coach and he's somebody who is really direct in his communication and close to his players.
"All the players like him and his communication - being honest and direct.
"He's developing his style, because in Union, it was his first real head coach role. There, it was a five-at-the-back and trying to be dominant, but at the same time, they could also drop really low, keep the clean sheet and be good on the counter-attack.
"But he developed that team into being a dominant team, playing higher up the pitch, so you saw that development with him here and then he learned new things in Monaco.
"As a young coach, you need to do different things to get that experience and I think he's at the level now to take this challenge in Scotland with the experience he has.
"So, I think you made a good choice... I think when you take a Belgian guy, it's always a good choice."
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