Will he continue or stop? Just before the international break, Jan Vertonghen sat down with Jesper Fredberg to talk about his future. In Het Laatste Nieuws today, he tells the same thing he said to his boss. "The main question for me is: can I give Anderlecht the player I want to be myself and that Anderlecht deserves?" Read more »
All PO ticket packs are sold out. Sales started yesterday at 10am and Mauve+ members did not hesitate and bought the playoff packs for the five remaining matches en masse. So there will be no more free sales, but there are still some regular tickets available. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht will start the Playoffs without its number 10. Yari Verschaeren had to be sidelined on Saturday against KV Kortrijk, further examination has now revealed that he has a small injury to the hamstrings. Read more »
According to Het Laatste Nieuws, Anderlecht has the best papers to attract Ilyes Bennane. The 13-year-old youngster from Verviers debuted as the youngest ever with the Belgian U15 last month, but Genk has terminated the partnership effective immediately. Read more »
After barely 15 minutes, the game against KV Kortrijk was over for Yari Verschaeren. He sat up and grabbed his thigh. Everything seems to point to a muscle injury. He also suffered from the thigh muscle the previous weeks against Club Brugge and RWDM, Het Nieuwsblad knows. Read more »
Kristian Arnstad is back in Norway's U21 squad to face the Netherlands on March 21 at 8pm and San Marino on March 26 at 5pm. The first match is a friendly, while the second is a qualifier for the European Championship. Read more »
No less than five Anderlecht players currently have four yellow cards behind their names. Should they also run into a yellow cardboard next week against Kortrijk, they will miss the first game of the playoffs. Read more »
In the Referee Department's weekly discussion, Frank De Bleeckere declared that it was indeed not a penalty kick error on Jan Vertonghen. "On the footage from behind the goal you can see that the RWDM defender tapped the ball," he said. Read more »
Anderlecht took an early lead against RWDM after a rehearsed number after a corner kick. That is no coincidence. With Yannick Euvrard, purple-white has had a coach since this season who works specifically on stationary phases. Read more »
Francis Amuzu and Majeed Ashimeru are nearing the end of their rehabilitation. During the international break in March, Anderlecht will insert a friendly game against Zulte Waregem to allow the duo to get match minutes again." Read more »
Anderlecht won 1-0 against Eupen. It started strongly and scored through Hazard. Anderlecht seemed to be heading for a big win, but after 15 minutes things suddenly became difficult and Anderlecht played sloppy in the zone of truth. Even after halftime, Anderlecht could rarely threaten. The narrow lead caused the necessary nervousness, but Eupen had too little offensive qualities to score the equalizer. Anderlecht was immediately warned for the remaining games against RWDM and Kortrijk. Read more »
Yari Verschaeren had to quit shortly after halftime with an injury. Before halftime, he had received a solid kick during a duel. "He still tried to hold on, but after halftime it became clear that it wouldn't work out," coach Brian Riemer said. Read more »
Anderlecht won against Club Brugge. Although it was certainly not the lesser in the game, it came behind through a goal by Jutgla. Anderlecht played showed the most initiative, but it only deservedly equalized ten minutes before time after a header by substitute Vazquez. Brugge responded, but it was another South American who gave Anderlecht the win. The just-entered Angulo slid a ball from Dreyer into goal. With this win, Anderlecht gives its calling card for the Play-Offs. Read more »
Anderlecht won once again on the Club Brugge pitch in a long time. Although it was certainly not the lesser in the game, it came behind through a goal by Jutgla. Anderlecht played showed the most initiative, but it only deservedly equalized ten minutes before time after a header by substitute Vazquez. Brugge responded, but it was another South American who gave Anderlecht the win. The just-entered Angulo slid a ball from Dreyer into goal. With this win, Anderlecht gives its calling card for the Play-Offs. Read more »
Majeed Ashimeru is fully rehabilitating from an injury to his leg he sustained during the Africa Cup. A journalist from his native Ghana reports that he has now started stability exercises and should be ready to play again in two to three weeks. Read more »
Anderlecht sent STVV home 4-1. However, it was trailing 0-1 at halftime after a gaffe by Arnstad and as Dreyer failed to make it 1-1. After halftime Anderlecht shifted up a gear and scored three goals in no time through a strong Hazard, Stroeykens and Dolberg. Although STVV was still able to threaten from time to time from distance, Purple-White played out the game from the seat. After a foul on Hazard, Vazquez scored the 4-1 from the penalty spot. Anderlecht is doing well again in the standings and is mathematically sure of Play-Off 1. Read more »
With two assists, Thorgan Hazard put Anderlecht on the right track against Charleroi on Sunday. However, the striker realized that purple and white did not play their best game. "I don't know how we were able to get to 0-2. We scored from our only two dangerous actions." Read more »
An efficient Anderlecht won 1-3 in Charleroi. With a minimum of effort, Anderlecht was ahead 0-2 after half an hour after an owngoal and a goal by Dolberg. But Charleroi, which often had the ball, was able to ease to 1-2 before halftime. In a sloppy and chance-poor second half, substitute Vazquez cleared the doubts with a very clever goal. Charleroi's biggest chance fell in the added time, but Schmeichel prevented a torrid finale for the purple and white. Anderlecht thus makes a good case in the standings and catches up a little on Union. Read more »
The RSCA Futures played a 1-1 draw against FC Liege tonight. This was a match that was postponed a few weeks ago due to snow. For Anderlecht, Antoine Colassin (pictured) scored. Nunzio Engwanda possibly dropped out with an injury. Read more »
Mats Rits was also asked about the disallowed goal after the game against Gent. "I watched the phase back. Should I be in the Genste camp, I wouldn't consider this an error either," the midfielder said. However, Rits sees a resemblance to the penalty that Anderlecht was whistled against on Thursday in Mechelen. Read more »
Anderlecht was able to win against Gent for the first time since 2018. In a rather messy match, it became 1-0 through a penalty by Dreyer. A weakened Gent had a lot of ball possession especially before halftime but was only dangerous from distance. Anderlecht created some chances, but the last ball was missing. In the closing stages, the purple and white got away well when Laforge disallowed the equalizer after Arnstad was brought down in a preceding duel, on the advice of the VAR. So this time the referee's decision fell in Purple-White's favor. Read more »
Anderlecht still hasn't been able to win this year. Tonight it stranded at 2-2 in Mechelen. Anderlecht started very dominant and scored quickly through Hazard, but Mechelen recovered and Purple-White combined harder. Ten minutes after halftime, they equalized through Antonio. Anderlecht played poorly after halftime, but still took the lead through substitute Vazquez. In the closing stages, Mechelen got a very cheap penalty which made it 2-2. In the added time, Coucke had another fine save to keep Hazard from making it 2-3. A missed opportunity to run out of rivals for Play-Off 1. Read more »
Good news from the infirmary. First, Sunday's game against Union claimed no new casualties. Second, Thomas Delaney and Killian Sardella will be fit again sooner than initially thought. Ludwig Augustinsson is also close to being employable again. Read more »
For tonight's match, both Kikkenborg and Gattoni are in the selection. Riemer suggested that Vertonghen could also play on the left if necessary now that Augustinsson and N'Diaye are both injured. Anderlecht had better not drop too many points again if it wants to stay more or less in the wake of Union. KV Mechelen has brought in an offensive reinforcement with Slimani. It is not known if the ex-Anderlecht player is already in the selection today. Read more »
Moussa N'Diaye's injury remained somewhat under the radar in recent weeks. Today, Het Laatste Nieuws brings an overview of all of purple and white's injured players. It shows that the Senegalese left back is not expected back fit until the end of March. Read more »
With Federico Gattoni, Anderlecht has secured its defensive reinforcement. "We had been looking for a while for a defender who can strengthen us in the spring, Federico fits that profile well," CEO Sports Jesper Fredberg told us. Gattoni himself is also looking forward to his Belgian adventure. Read more »
