Vincent Kompany will not play tonight during his own testimonial, due to a hamstring injury. Kompany was expected to play for fifteen minutes this evening in the testimonial between the Manchester City Legends and the Premier League Legends. Kompany is now forced to follow the game from the sidelines. Read more »
Beerschot sold all available tickets for the match against RSC Anderlecht in the context of the 16th finals of the Belgian Cup. Beerschot season ticket holders will have until Thursday to purchase their own seats. From Friday 1 pm, the remaining free places will go on sale. Read more »
Most Red Devils returned to their respective clubs yesterday evening after the game. Nacer Chadli, Yari Verschaeren and Hendrik Van Crombrugge also left for Belgium yesterday. Tomorrow they will join the Anderlecht delegation in Manchester. Read more »
Sieben Dewaele had to leave the Young Devils with an injury. The game against Antwerp next Sunday, however, would not be in danger. The midfielder suffered a slight injury to the calf. Read more »
Albert Sambi Lokonga left the national U21 after one match. That decision was made in advance after consultation with the Football Association and Vincent Kompany. Lokonga has just come out of a long rehabilitation and two games in five days is still too much for the young midfielder. Read more »
Tomorrow is the farewell match of Vincent Kompany at Manchester City. RSC Anderlecht will be fully present to attend the Testimonial Game. The entire delegation is already leaving for Manchester today. It remains to be seen whether Kompany will actually play for a few minutes. Read more »
Sieben Dewaele and Sambi Albert Lokonga are no longer with the national U21 and have left the selection. Dewaele had to leave the group due to an injury. Lokonga just got out of injury and gets a rest. Tonight, the young Devils will play in the stadium of Oud-Heverlee Leuven against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Read more »
Tomorrow evening Vincent Kompany returns to Manchester City for his farewell match. This can be followed live on Telenet's Play Time channel. The broadcast starts at 8.40 pm. Pep Guardiola and Roberto Martinez will be the trainers. Read more »
Yari Verschaeren can make his debut with the Red Devils tonight. It is going fast for the youngster and he realizes that himself. "I did not expect this," admits the 18-year-old midfielder. But now that he is there, he also dreams of playing minutes. "That would be fantastic." Read more »
Peter Zulj had to be replaced during the game against Standard, he had a broken nose because of his collision with Paul-José Mpoku. In the meantime, he also had to pass for the national team of Austria and has undergone nose surgery. He will be out for two to three weeks. Read more »
Adrien Trebel is still a player of RSC Anderlecht. A transfer to Nantes eventually did not come and he himself refused the Middle East. In essence, there is no room for the Frenchman this season, but according to Michael Verschueren there is no "problem Trebel". Read more »
Anderlecht rents out 9 players this season. Four of them came into action this weekend. Aristote Nkaka asserted the most. Just like two weeks ago with Almeria, he was now decisive in his debut with Santander. Read more »
Samir Nasri played an hour on Monday with the U21 in Genk (1-2 win). Then he was bothered by the hamstrings and he was replaced. The international break now gives Nasri some time to further improve his condition. Read more »
Not Mbaye Diagne was Vincent Kompany's first choice as a new striker, but Papiss Cissé. Because his club Alanyaspor was difficult to talk to, Anderlecht focused on Diagne. A deal was already there last Monday, but the file dragged on due to an abundance of brokers.
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Even more bad luck for RSC Anderlecht. Kemar Roofe will not be fit after the international break. Chances are that he will also have to miss the top games against Antwerp and Club Brugge. That was also one of the reasons why Isaac Kiese Thelin was ultimately not allowed to leave for Copenhagen. Read more »
The U21 won with 1-2 at Racing Genk. Samir Nasri had recovered from his illness and was allowed to gain rhythm for an hour. Jeremy Doku and Francis Amuzu also did. Amuzu scored the opening goal. Mathis Suray scored the 1-2 final score from the penalty spot. Read more »
Alexis Saelemaekers was in the starting line-up for the first time this season and he immediately also provided the opening and winning goal. A serious boost for the young Saelemaekers who made a heart for his mom. He wanted to leave in recent weeks, but he wants to stay now.
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In the run-up to the game, the fingers were already rising when it came to the role of Vincent Kompany, now that he is injured. The Football Association already warned that he was not allowed to actively coach because he does not yet have the appropriate diploma. The Red Devil finally followed the game from a box. Read more »
Philippe Sandler and Elias Cobbaut were at the heart of the defense and did an outstanding job. With the injury of Father Familias Vincent Kompany, it was immediately a young defense: "It took some getting used to that I was the oldest in the defense at the age of 22," Sandler laughs. Read more »
Peter Zulj had to be replaced around the hour by Sambi Lokonga. He was hit by Paul-José Mpoku and could not continue. After further investigation, it appeared that the Austrian had a broken nose in the duel with Mpoku. He might be playing with a mask in the coming weeks. Read more »
Koen Casteels, third goalie with the Red Devils, got injured at Wolfsburg this weekend and has to drop out for the international matches that are coming. National coach Martinez calls on Hendrik Van Crombrugge as a replacement. Read more »
For the first time since his appointment as Anderlecht coach, Simon Davies was the winner at a press conference after a game. "We didn't play as well as the past games. That was because of the opponent. But the boys showed that they can also fight for each other." Read more »
After fifteen minutes in the second half, Anderlecht saw a second player fall out injured against Standard. Peter Zulj got a bloody nose from an elbow punch from Paul-José Mpoku. After a few minutes, he too appeared to be unable to continue.
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Where did Vincent Kompany follow the match between Anderlecht and Standard? Before the kick-off, he had a chat with Simon Davies in the dug-out, but he coudln't be found there since the kick-off. The injured player-manager was not sitting on the bench or in the stands. Read more »
Halfway through the first half during Anderlecht - Standard, Pieter Gerkens got the head of Standard defender Bokadi hard against his sleep. De Limburger received care, but went out onto the field with a turban. Twelve minutes later, he was replaced. Read more »
Anderlecht will receive the leader in the evening. Standard has 12 points after five match days. Anderlecht are still looking for their first win of the season, but cannot count on Vincent Kompany tonight. Will it finally get paid for the hard work? Read more »
If Elias Cobbaut needs an extra motivation, Roberto Martinez gave it to him. The national coach tells in Het Nieuwsblad that Cobbaut is one of the four players who noticed him during the European Championship for U21. "He can still be of great value to us."
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Bad luck for Marco Kana: the 17-year-old defender was a top candidate to replace Vincent Kompany during his injury, but now he would have suffered an injury himself. Het Nieuwsblad knows that a muscle injury can keep him aside for a few weeks. Read more »
