The Club Brugge boss, 44, is preparing to face Atalanta in Tuesday's vital Champions League playoff.
NICKY HAYEN has revealed he speaks to his deceased mother before every game - and it's a pre-match ritual which appears to be paying off.
Club Brugge beat Atalanta 2-1 in the first leg of the playoff tie last week.
Hayen was thrust into the Brugge job last March, initially on an interim basis.
"Last year before the [Belgian league] playoffs I told her we wanted to do something crazy, and in the end winning the title was the result.
