Anderlecht eliminated

TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2005, 23:37 - Skyhawk
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Anderlecht have already been eliminated in the Belgian Cup. Genk defeated the Mauves and move on to the quarter finals.


Vandereycken's tactical plan worked perfect for Genk. They had a few excellent chances and scored 1-0 after a new mistake of Peersman. It' was Soetaers who beat him. Genk were the better team but Vandebergh forgot to double the score.


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"We are giving away too much space", analysed Vanderhaeghe at half time. Vercauteren: "Genk are better, but we can certainly beat them."

Anderlecht scored immediatly in the second half through Aruna on a corner kick. But Genk reacted: Engelaar missed a chance, but he scored a few minutes later: 2-1.

Aruna slapped Mikulic in the face, but escaped from a red card. Anderlecht were knocked-out and couldn't create any more danger.

RESULT: 2-1
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Goals: 15' Soetaers 1-0, 54' Aruna 1-1, 67' Engelaar 2-1

Genk: Moons, Soley, Priske, Matoukou, Mikulic, Sigurdsson, Wamfor, Daerden Soetaers (61' Chatelle), Engelaar, Vandenbergh (72' Beslija)

Anderlecht: Peersman, Traoré, Kompany, Tihinen, Deschacht, Mpenza, Vanderhaeghe, Baseggio, Grégoire (79' Zetterberg), Aruna, Jestrovic (76' Legear)

Referee: Van De Velde