Anderlecht lose after prolongations

THURSDAY, 22 DECEMBER 2022, 16:30 - lajoya
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GAMES A good Anderlecht has been eliminated in the Croky Cup. Genk eventually won 1-0 via a goal in the first extension. In the prolongations Anderlecht kept trying, but arriving at chances became harder and harder, although Ashimeru did get a chance in the absolute closing stages. Wonder what face Anderlecht will show in Charleroi on Monday.


The start of the prolongations showed that the game was far from dead. After four minutes, Heynen sent Paintsil on his way to goal. The striker - just offside - was given lots of space on the wing and did not miss the opportunity. With Angulo and N'Diaye, Riemer brought his two final forces into the field. Silva made it to the back line and El Hadj kicked (too) centrally towards goal.

Anderlecht kept trying, but creating real chances had become difficult after ninety minutes. Riemer still sent an entire accounting to Vertonghen to share the final battle plan. But a sting to sting Genk did not possess Anderlecht in the extensions either. Ashimeru then still had a chance in the very last minute, but Vandevoordt came out of his goal quickly.

Thus, the Croky Cup ends for Anderlecht this season on Genk's pitch, obviously no gift on the league leader's pitch. Still, we got the impression that a qualification was possible. The substitutes could not really push through and, like all season, Purple White lacked a killer to finish off any of the (half) chances.

Score: 1-0
Goal(s) :1-0 Paintsil (94')

Genk :Vandevoordt, Munoz, Cuesta, McKenzie, Preciado, Heynen, Hrosovsky, Trésor, Castro (82' Samatta), Paintsil, Onuachu
Anderlecht:Van Crombrugge, Murillo, Debast (98' Angulo), Vertonghen, Delcroix (98' N'Diaye), Trebel (65' Diawara), Arnstad, Amuzu (73' Ait El Hadj), Refaelov (65' Stroeykens), Verschaeren (84' Ashimeru), Silva

Yellow: 60' Arnstad, 105' Munoz, 106' Heynen, 116' Preciado
Red:

Referee: Nathan Verboomen
Stadium: Cegeka Arena



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