After the game against Eupen, coach Robin Veldman came with slightly positive news about Yari Verschaeren's injury. In the afternoon, Het Nieuwsblad was still talking about an absence of two to those weeks, but it may not get that far. Read more »
There is a good chance Noah Sadiki will play right-back in the European match against Silkeborg on Thursday. The youngster may replace the suspended Amir Murillo. Yesterday against Eupen, he also came in for Murillo in the closing minutes. Read more »
This afternoon, at age 22, it finally happened: Theo Leoni got to make his debut for Anderlecht's first team. "I feel an enormous pride, also for my family," he said after the match. "I had been waiting for this for a long time. I had to be very patient." Read more »
Bad luck for Yari Verschaeren. The attacking midfielder was missing this afternoon with a knee injury. He is said to be out for two to three weeks. That means he will be out of action before the World Cup break, which starts on November 13 . Read more »
Anderlecht beat Eupen 4-2 this afternoon. The home team led 2-0 early on, but then refused to finish Eupen off completely. The Pandas then came back into the match before half-time through an unfortunate own-goal by Hoedt. Refaelov seemed to redeem Anderlecht after halftime with the 3-1, but immediately afterwards Peeters surprised with a free-kick that still made Anderlecht cringe again. The recovered Ait El Hadj crowned his good performance with a fine 4-2 which Purple and White did not relinquish. Read more »
Anderlecht have announced a selection of 20 players for tomorrow's match against Eupen. Compared to Thursday, Zeno Debast and Hannes Delcroix return from injury. Besides the suspended Arnstad, four other players drop out. Read more »
Will we (finally) get Théo Leoni's debut for the first team tomorrow? It could well be, as the RSCA Futures captain is not present tonight at Beerschot. He is, however, in the selection for the first team's match tomorrow. Will he benefit from Kristian Arnstad's suspension? Read more »
Kristoffer Olsson was not included in Midtjylland's squad against Lazio of Rome, he is said to be suffering from a minor injury that prevented him from playing in the match. His team was beaten by 2-1, they are fourth in their group. Read more »
Wouter Vandehaute made some statements during his press conference last Monday that have gone wrong with supporters. For instance, he said that the confidence of politicians had to be regained. The supporters showed their disagreement with a banner yesterday. Read more »
For a moment he seemed to become the match-winner with his goal, buthe wasn't. Jan Vertonghen was therefore bitterly disappointed after the match and did not hide his disappointment. "We wanted to make a fresh start and FCSB was the ideal opponent for that. But through childish mistakes we gave it away." Read more »
Anderlecht got stuck at 2-2 against the weak FCSB from Romania. Purple and white certainly did not play well, but they were the best team and took the lead twice. After halftime, the Romanians equalized each time after easily avoidable goals. If West Ham loses to Silkeborg tonight, Anderlecht will be eliminated from Europe. But this team doesn't have much to look for in Europe at the moment.
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Next Sunday, November 6, Antwerp will host RSC Anderlecht at the Bosuilstadium. To say that tickets for that match are in high demand is an understatement. In barely three hours, all tickets were sold. Read more »
Robin Veldman already faces a serious assignment tomorrow, the Conference League match against FCSB. The time was short to prepare, Veldman's philosophy also leans closer to that of Vincent Kompany, he immediately admitted himself. But above all, he wants to return the joy of football to his players. Read more »
Lior Refaelov took a seat next to Robin Veldman for the press conference. He talked about the departure of Felice Mazzu, who saw his players briefly at Neerpede Monday. But also about his understanding of the supporters' discontent. Read more »
This morning, the press was invited to Neerpede to attend an open training session. There they saw Adrien Trebel taking part in training, not fully yet, but a large part. So there is a chance that the Frenchman might be back sooner than expected. Read more »
Zeno Debast is still suffering too much from his ankle injury and is therefore unavailable for tomorrow's match against FCSB. By the way, RSC Anderlecht doesn't agree with the punishment for Kristian Arnstad's red card and will appeal. Read more »
Jan Vertonghen was in Sint-Niklaas this afternoon to open a second Red Court. A social project of the Belgian Football Federation. He also took the time to answer questions about RSC Anderlecht and Vertonghen sees it working out. Read more »
Anderlecht are among the worst pupils in 1A in terms of physical parameters. This is the conclusion reached by Het Laatste Nieuws after comparing different rankings of physical parameters. So it is time the players put in some serious teeth Read more »
On top of all fines and damages, RSC Anderlecht must also pay a severance pay to its former coach Felice Mazzu. This reportedly amounts to around €500,000. Meanwhile, he is also already named at his ex-club Charleroi as T1. Read more »
Zeno Debast was replaced at half-time on Sunday, he was suffering from an ankle injury. That now seems to be not too bad although it is uncertain whether Debast will be able to play for the Conference League match against FCSB on Thursday. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht is going through a deep crisis The fan outbursts after the match between Anderlecht and Standard also sent the Brussels bus driver home with headaches. Read more »
The news suddenly appeared this afternoon that Marc Coucke wants to sell his shares at RSC Anderlecht, he is said to have already contacted several people to do so. Het Nieuwsblad contacted Coucke, who immediately responded that those rumours were "completely out of the blue". Read more »
In the disturbances yesterday during Standard - Anderlecht, twenty rioters and three policemen were eventually (slightly) injured. Three hooligans were administratively detained. Police managed to avoid a real confrontation between the Standard and Anderlecht clans. Read more »
The press was still on guard in Tubeke for a reaction from Felice Mazzu, who has however left along the back exit. The manager of the Martins Hotel informed this to the press. Read more »
The selection for tomorrow's match at Standard features two changes. Duranville is back after having to leave the field with an injury in Mechelen. Arnstad is in the selection as he has not yet received a suspension proposal following his red card against Zulte Waregem. Stassin also remains in the squad as usual. Ishaq drops out of the selection. Furthermore, Raman and Delcroix are not yet fit. Trebel and Kana are out for some time. Read more »
The Clasico between Standard and Anderlecht will be played in front of a sold-out Sclessin. It has been from February 2020 since the Standard stadium was completely full once more. Read more »
There is a good chance we will see a repeat on Sunday at Sclessin of what happened in 2019: flares on the pitch from the away end. Because the supporters who have had it and called for the sacking of Felice Mazzu at Zulte-Waregem. Read more »
Julian Duranville has resumed training this week, but Sunday's match against Standard will come too soon. So writes La Dernière Heure. Anderlecht does not want to take any risks with the explosive winger. Read more »
"We had the match under control, but then that stupid red card fell and everything collapsed," goalkeeper Hendrik Van Crombrugge said in his analysis of the match. The captain also made it clear that the coach still enjoys the support of the group of players.
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Sometimes it all gets too much for a young guy. So too for Zeno Debast after the late defeat against Zulte Waregem yesterday. After the game, he couldn't hold back his tears. He found comfort with Fabio Silva. Read more »
A farce like you can only find in Belgium. That's how we describe the VAR intervention during Zulte Waregem - Anderlecht, in which the referee disallowed an Anderlecht goal ... only to give Anderlecht a penalty. Read more »
Anderlecht has lost only once more: 3-2 in a match full of VAR interventions Zulte Waregem. Purple and white quickly fell behind 1-0 as usual, but recovered the balance and turned the deficit to a 1-2 lead just before the hour. But a silly red card for Arnstad and a second huge coverage error brought Zulte back to 2-2. In the ten minutes of extra time, Gano nicely headed in the winning goal. Already twelve points behind No. 4 Union and a difficult schedule ahead, a good result in the league seems almost impossible for this team that is barely five points away from a relegation spot. Read more »
