Will we get Yari Verschaeren's big comeback tomorrow against Westerlo? It could well be. The midfielder is fully fit and Brian Riemer is running high with him. "If he can play a season fully fit and at his peak, he is a candidate for the Golden Shoe," Riemer said. Read more »
Benito wanted to leave last summer, he could have signed for Sint-Truiden, but raman was unable to agree the terms of his departure with Sporting. raman has therefore stayed with the mauves. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht currently has Francis Amuzu, Kasper Dolberg, Thorgan Hazard and Yari Verschaeren on the injured list. Verschaeren has already played with the Futures meanwhile, so a return seems imminent, though they especially don't want to take any risks. Read more »
Kasper Dolberg and Thorgan Hazard both went under the scanner today. Their examinations revealed no major injuries, La Dernière Heure reported. Both are uncertain for Friday's match against Westerlo, however. Read more »
In his Monday analysis of the soccer weekend, Frank De Bleeckere of the Referee Department confirmed that Anderlecht was awarded a fully justified penalty kick. "Gueye comes with a stretched leg and fully hits Delaney's ankle," he echoed. "Just because you hit the ball for a moment or deviate doesn't mean there's no mistake." Read more »
Jan Vertonghen walked onto the field yesterday accompanied by his infant son Ilay for the derby against RWDM. Anderlecht shared footage today of how father and son are getting ready to come on. Enjoy. Read more »
Just over half an hour lasted the Brussels derby for Kasper Dolberg. After a tap on the ankle by Jonathan Heris, the striker had to go to the side. In a reaction after the match, coach Brian Riemer gave the impression that it was not too bad. Read more »
Anderlecht won another Brussels derby, but it took a lot of effort. RWDM set a low block throughout the match and got out quickly a few times in the early stages, making it 0-1 through Mercier. Before halftime, Purple White missed a few chances. After halftime Anderlecht increased the pressure after the substitutions of Stroeykens and Raman. That resulted in a penalty which was converted by Dreyer. In extra time, Vazquez (who replaced an injured Dolberg early on) headed the winning goal in goal. Read more »
In the days following the game against Gent, there was speculation whether Kasper Schmeichel was vining an injury or not. Brian Riemer also received a question about this on his press call. Read more »
Jan Vertonghen does not want to tie the knot until after the winter, but if it depends on Brian Riemer, the Anderlecht captain will continue playing soccer after this season. "Together with Jesper Fredberg, I will do everything to convince him to continue for one or two more years," the coach told his press chat. Read more »
It will be a night that all of Anderlecht is looking forward to Saturday: the return of Yari Verschaeren to the RSCA Futures. At his press conference, Brian Riemer praised the medical staff and Verschaeren for their work over the past few months. "Yari's rehabilitation was a straight line forward. He didn't have any relapses." Read more »
Francis Amuzu became a father for the first time two days ago. Brian Riemer revealed that at his press conference. The coach also revealed that Amuzu's rehabilitation is going well. Read more »
Kasper Schmeichel did not go clear of a goal against as goalkeeper of the Danish national team on Tuesday. That led to a lot of criticism in his homeland. According to Brian Riemer, that does not bother the goalkeeper. On the contrary. "Kasper is more motivated than ever as a result," he said. Read more »
Yari Verschaeren will play his first official game tomorrow since dropping out in March with a serious knee injury. Het Laatste Nieuws reports. The midfielder will be in action with the RSCA Futures against Zulte Waregem. Read more »
Last weekend, Jan Vertonghen gave a big interview to Het Laatste Nieuws, partner newspaper of the Belgian Football Federation. The defender talked about his ankle injury, his choice for Anderlecht and a possible farewell. Read more »
Yari Verschaeren was very happy yesterday on his reappearance after eight months of injury. To the newspapers he told even more than in his interview with VTM (which you could already read yesterday). "The knee felt good and also mentally I was fine," the Anderlecht number ten said. Read more »
Mario Stroeykens has been the relevaltie of recent weeks at Anderlecht. However, it seemed in August that he might leave. "I still had a year's contract and then you start thinking," Stroeykens looks back in Het Nieuwsblad. "I'm not going to lie about that." Read more »
After the friendly game against Zulte Waregem, in which he made his reappearance after eight months of injury, Yari Verschaeren spoke to VTM. "This does a lot of good, especially after being sidelined for such a long time. It's great to be back on the field and have some minutes in the legs." Read more »
During this international period, twelve players from the first team have swarmed off to their national teams. This includes Luis Vazquez for the first time. Ludwig Augustinsson is struggling with a minor injury, but has traveled to Sweden anyway. An overview.
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Both Lars Montegnies and Nunzio Engwanda scored for the national youth teams yesterday. Montegnies helped the national U19 to a 1-1 draw against Slovenia. Engwanda scored for the U17 against Gibraltar. Read more »
Zeno Debast played the entire match for the Red Devils ... as right back. An unusual position for the Anderlecht defender. "It was the first time I played there," he said afterwards. He did well and national coach Domenico Tedesco also said afterwards he was satisfied with Debast's performance. Read more »
Zeno Debast was allowed to play the entire match in the friendly game against Serbia. He did so as right back. The Belgians won 1-0. Jan Vertonghen remained on the bench. Read more »
Several media speculate today whether Kasper Schmeichel feigned an injury to allow Brian Riemer to make tactical adjustments. Sunday against Gent, the goalkeeper sat down for a moment ten minutes before time, then received an injury treatment. Some think it was fake. Read more »
Good news about Yari Verschaeren: in Thursday's friendly game against Zulte Waregem, the attacking midfielder will make his reappearance after more than half a year of injury. "Yari is doing well," says coach Brian Riemer. "We are very much looking forward to Thursday." Read more »
Domenico Tedesco included Jan Vertonghen in his selection of 26 players for the next two internationals. However, he is not quite ready yet. Tedesco hints that Vertonghen will not yet play Sunday with Anderlecht against AA Gent. Read more »
Jan Vertonghen is just part of the Red Devils' selection for the next two international games. Along with Zeno Debast, his name was mentioned this afternoon by national coach Domenico Tedesco when he announced his selection. Read more »
Anderlecht will have to miss Francis Amuzu for a while. He has been suffering from pubalgia for a while and after a scan, the medical staff decided to keep him sidelined during the month of November to allow the injury to heal. Amuzu was troubled in the game against Club Brugge and did not play long against Standard and Cercle Brugge due to that injury. Read more »
