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. Read more »
Anderlecht are still very much alive in Europe. They won convincingly 0-3 in Bialystok after a strong first half and an efficient second half. Cvetkovic, Winkler and Onia Seke scored the goals. Anderlecht immediately took control of the match this time. Read more »
At Anderlecht, one thing is becoming clear after the first weeks of the season: no place is secure. Under Vítor Bruno, the line-ups are changing constantly, prompting questions among many supporters. The idea of involving everyone in the team is laudable, but the many changes appear to be taking their toll. The automatisms visible at the start of the season are becoming increasingly rare, and the team is struggling to project a strong identity from one match to the next. Read more »
The disappointment was immense in the Anderlecht camp after their cup exit against Beerschot. Like his teammates, Ludwig Augustinsson struggled to come to terms with the defeat. “What happened today? We were knocked out of the cup. Read more »
According to Vitor Bruno, there is no question of a crisis at Anderlecht. The Portuguese coach spoke to the press after the poor performance and elimination against Beerschot. “We can now make a big spectacle of this elimination, but I'm not going to do that,” the coach said. He wants no talk of a crisis because Anderlecht lost in the final minute in Zagreb and was unjustly knocked out of the cup. Read more »
Vítor Bruno was visibly disappointed after the late defeat against Dinamo Zagreb. Still, the Anderlecht coach stood by his approach. According to him, the Purple & White had enough chances to take control of the match, but ultimately paid a heavy price for their missed opportunities.
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Anderlecht suffered a particularly bitter blow in the final seconds. Left back Oleg Reabciuk tried to block a shot on goal in stoppage time but unfortunately handled the ball in the process. In the 95th minute, the referee pointed to the penalty spot, and Dion Beljo converted the penalty. It was a massive disappointment for the Purple & White.
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The disappointment was immense at Anderlecht after their late defeat to Dinamo Zagreb. Despite putting in a strong performance, the Brussels side returned home empty-handed. The penalty awarded in the dying seconds remained a major talking point, with several players defending their teammate Oleg Reabciuk.
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Running more than two hours late, Anderlecht head coach Vítor Bruno and midfielder Thelo Aasgaard walked into the press room at Maksimir Stadium. Airplane issues disrupted their schedule, though the Portuguese manager took part of the blame himself. "To be honest, we were running late to the airport ourselves. When you have a great training session, you sometimes lose track of time." Read more »
Ibrahim Kanaté came on as a substitute in the 64th minute of Kaiserslautern's match against Heidenheim. The score was 0-0 at that point. Kaiserslautern is in sixth place in the German second division with 12 points. Anas Tajaouart entered the game in the 63rd minute of La Louvière's match against Bruges. Read more »
Kaïs Barry made his debut for Anderlecht's first team on Saturday. Despite the difficult match against Cercle Brugge, the young defender held his own. His father, former goalkeeper Barry Boubacar Copa, lived through the occasion with plenty of tension. “I didn't let go of my rosary until the final whistle.” Barry is patiently building his career. Read more »
Adriano Bertaccini has had a rough time at Anderlecht over the past few months. The forward seemed to have completely fallen out of favor, but on Saturday against Cercle Brugge, he once again proved his worth. With a well-placed header in the closing minutes, he secured the victory for the Purple & White and put his personal story in a new light. Read more »
Anderlecht won 1-2 at Cercle Brugge. It was fair to call it a minor miracle, given that the mauves and whites produced a truly disastrous performance. Yet in the closing stages, Bentayeb and Bertaccini still turned a 1-0 deficit into a 1-2 victory. Anderlecht played a terribly poor first half at Cercle. Read more »
He had been without a club for some time, but Cheikhou Kouyaté has officially announced his retirement from football today. The now 36-year-old Senegalese enjoyed five superb years at Anderlecht between 2009 and 2014. He won no fewer than four league titles. Anderlecht picked up Kouyaté on a free transfer in 2008 from neighbours RWDM. Read more »
Now that all the players have returned to their clubs — Reabciuk and Ambros came back today — Anderlecht can begin preparing for a difficult month in October. For the away match at Cercle, there are at least two defensive question marks. That Biancone would be out for longer was already known. His replacement Omobamidele is now also highly doubtful. Read more »
While the players who stayed behind in Neerpede enjoyed a week off, RSC Anderlecht's internationals were spread across Europe and Africa in action. In total, ten first-team players amassed no fewer than 1,511 minutes during this long international break. The forwards, in particular, stood out. Danylo Sikan found the net for Ukraine, while Mihajlo Cvetkovic also scored in Serbia's colours. Read more »
Although he missed most of last season due to a serious ACL injury, Enzo Sternal remained highly sought after. According to Footmercato, several French clubs reportedly made concrete attempts to bring the midfielder back to his home country. Read more »
He seemed destined to leave Anderlecht through the front door, but in the end Yari Verschaeren slipped out the back. In Het Nieuwsblad, the now 25-year-old Verschaeren looks back this weekend on his departure from Anderlecht. “At the beginning, I was a hype. After that, things didn't go as hoped, partly because of injuries.” Verschaeren admits that all of us expected more from him when he made his debut in 2018. Read more »
A experimental Anderlecht side this afternoon beat Reims 3-0, the club of former player Leoni. The goals were scored by Bertaccini, Flips and Pape N'dao. Reims are currently third in France's second division, three points behind leaders St-Etienne. Anderlecht fielded a mix of first-team players and Futures players. Read more »
Several online media outlets are reporting that Giulian Biancone will be sidelined for longer than initially expected. The Frenchman is already certain to miss the matches against Cercle Brugge and Dinamo Zagreb. Biancone picked up an injury against KV Mechelen, but he is still not training with the group. Anderlecht resume play in just over a week with an away game to Cercle. Read more »
A notable presence yesterday afternoon at Anderlecht's fan day. None other than Nathan De Cat dropped by the Lotto Park to pay a visit to his former club. He had a chat with plenty of familiar faces. During the open training session, the internationals were of course absent. Read more »
Ilay Camara is back on the training pitch. The winger dropped out before the start of the season, but a return could now be on the cards in the coming weeks. The player himself posted an update on social media. Camara's comeback would give more options on both flanks, where Maamar and Augustinsson have effectively played almost every minute up to now, especially after N'Diaye's departure. Read more »
Besnik Hasi is still far from done talking about his departure from Anderlecht. The current Amedspor coach looks back extensively on his dismissal and does not hold back in his criticism of the club's leadership. According to the Albanian, Brussels lacked a clear vision and he was not sufficiently involved in transfer policy. Hasi says last season's European elimination marked the beginning of the end for him. Read more »
The international football calendar has been reshaped once again, which means there will be no league football on the agenda over the next two weekends. Anderlecht is using this longer international break to give its players a week off. To then pick up the thread again, a friendly will follow. Because of the European qualifiers, Anderlecht started training early and had a very busy summer. Read more »
After his collision on Saturday against Zulte Waregem, Tawfik Bentayeb will have to miss Morocco's first international match. Under FIFA's medical protocol for concussion, he will have to follow a separate programme for seven to ten days, Anderlecht announced today. It remains unclear whether Bentayeb actually suffered a concussion on Saturday. Het Laatste Nieuws reported yesterday that he did not, and Anderlecht said today that after a few hours of observation in the emergency department, everything turned out to be fine. Read more »
Good news for Tayeb Bentayeb: overnight examinations found no fractures or injuries after the striker had to leave the pitch groggy yesterday against Zulte Waregem. The Moroccan can therefore travel to his homeland as planned for the upcoming international fixtures. When Bentayeb was substituted, Anderlecht feared he might have suffered a concussion. That now appears not to be the case. Read more »
Anderlecht trained one last time yesterday ahead of tonight's European clash with Lyon. Lucas Hey was also on the training pitch, Het Nieuwsblad noted. For the defender, it was his first group training session since he suffered a small fracture in his foot at the end of June. In early September, coach Vitor Bruno said at a press conference that Hey should be available again around the international break. Read more »
