Once again bad news for Anderlecht: after Yari Verschaeren, Islam Slimani is now also out with an injury. The medical staff of the Algerian national team diagnosed a muscle injury in the striker. He will be out for three weeks. Read more »
The injury Islam Slimani suffered Sunday against OH Leuven does not seem to be too bad. The striker will remain with Algeria's national team this week and will not return to Anderlecht to recover. That is what the Algerian Football Federation reports. Read more »
Yari Verschaeren left the field Sunday at Oud Heverlee Leuven, supported and in tears. The verdict is heavy, out until 2024. Six months later, his contract expires. So another difficult exercise awaits RSC Anderlecht, extend or let him leave for free in the summer of 2024. Read more »
In Monday's analysis, the Professional Refereeing Department discusses two phases from Anderlecht's match at OH Leuven. First, the penalty kick phase is discussed. It was handled correctly there. Very different was when Francis Amuzu was torpedoed in the closing stages. Read more »
Drama for Yari Verschaeren: examination revealed that the midfielder suffered an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament of his knee yesterday against OH Leuven. He will not be able to play again until early 2024. Read more »
After the victory over OH Leuven, Anderlecht is in the top eight for the first time since September. Although we have to add a caveat. Charleroi has one point less than Anderlecht ... and also one match more to play. Read more »
Anderlecht managed to win again against OHL. Purple and white dominated before halftime and were able to convert the superiority through a penalty by Slimani. After halftime OHL went on the attack and Verbruggen had to make several saves on chances for Tamari who was a scourge after halftime. Anderlecht played difficult soccer after halftime, but eventually Arnstad made it 0-2 after a nice solo. Anderlecht jumps to place eight, but a tough program awaits Purple and White after the international break. Moreover, Verschaeren possibly suffered a serious injury. Read more »
According to Fabrizio Romano, RSCA would follow with attention Benjamin Fredrick. He is a central defender who can fill in at right back. He is 17 years old and was trained at FC ABS in Nigeria before moving to Nasarawa United. Read more »
Joyous news about Marco Kana: the 20-year-old midfielder celebrates his reappearance tonight after months of injury. He will start in the RSCA Futures' match against RWDM. Since late September, he barely played 45 minutes. Read more »
Bart Verbruggen, surely fantastic what he showed again in the Estadio de la Ceramica. He guided RSC Anderlecht to the quarterfinals of the Conference League with a whole series of saves. His save in the first minutes of the second half was fabulous.
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Anderlecht has qualified for the quarterfinals of the Conference League at the expense of Villarreal. A torpedo from substitute Slimani after halftime sunk the 'yellow submarine' from Spain. Purple-White did need an excellent Verbruggen to keep the Spaniards from scoring a goal several times, but Purple-White also got the necessary chances. So Anderlecht surprised against a Spanish sub-topper and over the two matches, that is certainly not undeserved. Read more »
Will Anderlecht qualify for the quarterfinals of a European Cup tonight as they did in 2017? After last week's draw and strong performance against Villareal, confidence is high. The task is clear: win. After 90 minutes, 120 minutes or penalty kicks? It doesn't matter!
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Anderlecht won more than deservedly with 2-0 against Cercle and is back in the battle for the top 8. It had a lot of chances to come out with a monster score, but eventually Slimani was able to score once in the beginning and at the end of the match. Anderlecht played well and only had a more difficult period from the hour until Slimani's 2-0. After the European displacement, Purple-White awaits another difficult match next weekend with the away match to OHL. Read more »
A good result and an even better match. Brian Riemer was therefore a very satisfied coach after the game against Villareal. "What pleases me most today is that the result came by playing in the way we want to play. Read more »
Majeed Ashimeru may soon report back to the Ghana national team. The Anderlecht midfielder is part of the selection of 25 players for qualifying matches for the Africa Cup that Ghana plays against Angola. Read more »
Chapter number one of the saga, Adrien Trebel, though it also appears to be the very last. The story now seems to be definitively over for the Frenchman at RSC Anderlecht. Brian Riemer first hinted that Trebel was out against Villareal due to injury. Read more »
Brian Riemer looks forward to tomorrow's match against Villareal with a positive feeling. He believes they can put something down and head to Spain next week with a positive result. Jan Vertonghen can at least be expected to kick off. Read more »
Het Laatste Nieuws considers it quite likely that Jan Vertonghen will be rested against Villareal on Thursday. The defender injured his ankle late last week. He played against Gent, but was pulling at times. In view of Sunday's very important match against Cercle, he may be spared on Thursday. And he's not alone. Read more »
How would it be with Aristote Nkaka? A journalist from Het Nieuwsblad recently happened to meet him at Neerpede and struck up an interview with him. "I asked Gillet if I could train with him and the Futures and am very grateful that he said yes," he said. Read more »
After three defeats, Villareal has got back on track. Last weekend, Anderlecht's upcoming opponent in the Conference League recorded its second league victory in a row. It won 0-2 at relegation candidate Almeria. Read more »
Justien Odeurs is quitting football after this season. The goalkeeper finds the combination of professional soccer and a full-time day job, too tough. This manifests itself in many absences due to illness at work. Read more »
Marco Kana is almost back. The young defensive midfielder was present at the open training on Wednesday and coach Brian Riemer hopes he can play another game next week. On Hannes Delcroix, we will have to wait a bit longer. Read more »
Brian Riemer called 25 players to the Lotto Park yesterday afternoon for an open training session. Good news on the pitch, Marco Kana gave everything during training. Hannes Delcroix is still in rehabilitation while Anders Dreyer was absent due to illness. Benito Raman, who had to drop out sick against Standard, was present.
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The classico ended at 2-2 after an enjoyable game. Standard took the lead before the quarter-hour mark with some luck. Anderlecht responded before half-time and through Slimani they climbed up and over Standard. After half-time, Anderlecht had a strong period with some chances, but it was Standard that scored through Sardella who handled a cross unhappily into his own goal. Anderlecht do not get off to a terrible start with this point, especially with difficult matches ahead against Gent and Cercle, direct opponents for the top eight. Read more »
With three penalties stopped in three Bulgarian attempts, Bart Verbruggen was the purple-and-white hero of the evening. Afterwards, he was therefore heavily solicited by the media. "Going through every round after penalties? You won't hear me complaining then." Read more »
It remains to be seen whether Anderlecht will be able to call on Zeno Debast against Standard on Sunday. Het Laatste Nieuws reports. The central defender missed yesterday's game against Ludogorets after suffering a muscle injury during the last training session. Read more »
Humo and journalist Jan Hauspie would not (yet) comment on Anderlecht's summon against the journalist, but Pol Deltour, national secretary of the Flemish Association of Journalists, did. He regrets that Anderlecht is going to court and not to the Press Council. Read more »
Brian Riemer will not be able to count on Marco Kana and Hannes Delcroix tomorrow, both of whom are still injured. Michael Murillo will then serve another suspension day tomorrow after picking up his fifth yellow card last week at Ludogorets. Read more »
