GAMES What a performance! Anderlecht recorded a surprising 1-2 victory at Real Sociedad tonight. Purple and white thus start with six out of six in the Europa League. The sting on this fine performance, however, is the misbehavior of a part of the Anderlecht supporters.
Anderlecht let a lot of base pawns rest, but Sociedad did even worse and had almost a completely different team come into play. At first, there seemed to be no problem. After barely five minutes, Sociedad took the lead through Pablo Marin. Zanka had the ball snatched away like a rookie and Anderlecht was able to chase. Not much later, the Dane fouled again, but Sadiq failed to decide the match.
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Continue reading And he will regret that now. On the half-hour, Vazquez cleverly ran away from his defender and popped the ball beautifully into the far corner. The signs were level again, but not much later the puppets started to dance. People in the Anderlecht box pelted the home fans with broken chairs. Coosemans and Leoni had to calm things down. We were barely playing soccer again when Leoni kicked Anderlecht into the lead. He took a cleared free kick from Dreyer and the ball landed in the top right corner. Purple and white went into the locker room with a lead.
Sociedad responded with a triple substitution. The home team put more pressure forward, but Coosemans continued his performance of this season. Although it must be said that there were no really big chances. At the other end, substitute Verschaeren tried to create a threat on the counterattack. In the closing stages Vazquez could have made it 1-3 twice, but Dolberg's and Stroeykens' crosses were not on target.
