Colassin joins three teammates at national U21

YOUTH Antoine Colassin has been called up for the national U21 for the first time. National coach Jacky Mathijssen also called on Hannes Delcroix, Albert Sambi Lokonga and Francis Amuzu. The Belgian U21 will play an important European Championship qualifying match on Tuesday, September 8.


Mathijssen still knows Colassin from the Belgian youth teams. With him as a coach, Colassin scored three times in six games at the U19. "Antoine has many qualities. I like his profile. During the four to five training sessions we have, we will see if he can count on a place in the starting eleven."

When Mathijssen worked with Colassin, the latter was not yet the deep striker he is today. "When I worked with him at the U19, I saw some points with him that I think are important in a deep striker. I'm not saying that he was a real deep striker, but he got close. It was a matter of making a choice for him. At that age you have to choose what you really go for. I also had discussions about this with people from Anderlecht. I am glad that both Anderlecht and myself believe that the deep striker is his best position. So far he has confirmed that when he plays. "

Eight more players with Anderlecht history

Many players who received their training at Anderlecht, but now play elsewhere, are also in the selection: Mile Svilar (Benfica), Sebastiaan Bornauw (Cologne), Wout Faes (Reims), Mardochee Nzita (Perugia), Francesco Antonucci (Volendam) , Orel Mangala (Stuttgart), Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan) and Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye (Willem II).

The European Championship campaign is halfway through for the young Devils. They lead with seven points from four games. Germany has one point and one game less. The first of the group of five countries can go to the European Championship, just like the best number two and the winners of four barrage matches.