Coosemans defends Bruno

WEDNESDAY, 28 OCTOBER 2026, 08:29 - lajoya
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INTERVIEWS Anderlecht endured a painful evening away at AA Gent. The Purple and White side wasted too many chances and left far too much space at the back. After their cup exit against Beerschot, a heavy defeat against the league leaders brought another blow. Goalkeeper and captain Colin Coosemans, however, is defending coach Vítor Bruno.


“I hope our coach does not come under heavy fire now. If everything had gone well, I might not have said this. But since Vincent Kompany left, Vítor Bruno may be the best coach we have had at Anderlecht,” he said emphatically. The players need to look at themselves According to Coosemans, the responsibility for the heavy defeat lies first and foremost with the players themselves. He was particularly unhappy with the final stages of the game. Anderlecht conceded no fewer than three goals in the last twenty minutes and completely lost their cohesion. “We have to be honest with ourselves. We have not only disappointed the club and our supporters, but also our coach.


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What happened in the last twenty minutes is our own responsibility. We let ourselves down.” The goalkeeper stressed that the team had not previously been known for a lack of mentality. Still, he said this match must serve as a wake-up call. “At a certain point, we dropped our heads. We were no longer the close-knit group we had been in the previous matches. Up to now, we could not speak of a mentality problem in our defeats, but after this game we have to be critical of ourselves. This was unworthy of Anderlecht.”

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