Vincent Kompany and his players were already aware of AA Gent's point loss before the game. The cheering of the supporters on the Theo Verbeecklaan could be heard up to the dressing room of the Lotto Park. Read more »
Only smiling faces after last night's game. Of course, the players knew about Gent's point loss before the game, which according to Joshua Zirkzee, gave some of them a boost. Read more »
Anderlecht cannot count on Majeed Ashimeru on Sunday. On his press conference, coach Vincent Kompany told that the Ghanaian is out for a while. According to Het Laatste Nieuws, Anderlecht tries to get him ready for the Cup Final. Read more »
Panama ended the World Cup qualifying campaign with a 1-0 victory against Canada. Amir Murillo started the game, but was replaced at half-time. Afterwards, he wrote on Instagram how sorry he was that Panama missed out on the World Cup. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht's U23 will probably joining the 1B division. At the moment, they are second and as good as assured of a top four spot. However, that entry will cost a lot of money, 1 million euro to be exact. Read more »
Nenad Jestrovic is in the country before he leaves for a two-week holiday to Dubai. Last March, he had a corona infection, in the meantime he has resumed his work as an agent. Meanwhile, he continues to support RSC Anderlecht. Read more »
Sergio Gomez made the most of the past few days with the Spanish U21, which also managed to qualify for the European Championships -21 in 2023. The Spaniard is satisfied with his performance but does not want to look too far into the future yet: "Now focus on the last months of the season with RSC Anderlecht". Read more »
Josh Cullen is one of the first names that Vincent Kompany puts on the match sheet, also with the Irish national team he is already at 15 caps. The Irish international is looking forward to tomorrow's game against the Red Devils. Read more »
Tessa Wullaert had to cope with an injury the past few weeks, but is back for the play-offs with RSC Anderlecht. Where she still feels good, her contract runs until next year but there are no concrete plans yet: "I let everything come to me".
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With two match days to go, Anderlecht doesn't have their fate in their own hands anymore. The purple and white team dominated in Ghent, but returned to Brussels without points. At the press conference after the match, Vincent Kompany reacted disappointed, but combative. Read more »
A visibly very disappointed Wesley Hoedt spoke to Sporza after the game against Gent. "When you get so many chances, you can only look at yourself," said the defender. "We have to stay positive now and do everything we can to win two more." Read more »
Vincent Kompany takes Sunday's game as sober as ever. RSC Anderlecht has enough with a draw, but the coach doesn't count. What he does know is that it will be a duel worth watching. Read more »
There is only one player who is still active with RSC Anderlecht in the selection of the Red Devils, Yari Verschaeren. But of the entire selection, there are remarkably many who received their training at Neerpede. A proud Vincent Kompany lets us know "that there are still more to come". Read more »
Hein Vanhaezebrouck looks his former employer in the eye on Sunday, no doubt he is keen on winning. When he looks back on his time there, he should have left sooner, although he has no regrets at all about his time with purple and white. Read more »
Bogdan Mykhaylichenko recently received a standing ovation at the Lotto Park, it pleased him, but meanwhile the war in his home country rages on and the uncertainty is greater than ever. Read more »
Majeed Ashimeru leaves no doubt, he is happy in Brussels and at RSC Anderlecht: "I love this club, man". He has had a few difficult months but now shines like always and he immediately promises that the best is yet to come. Read more »
Joshua Zirkzee was the guest at Extra Time last night. He looked ahead to the next three games, about what comes after this season, the Dutchman was silent. On Easter Monday the final of the Belgian Cup follows, but first the next three games. Read more »
Vincent Kompany chose Marco Kana to replace the suspended Wesley Hoedt. After 55 minutes he was forced off with cramps and Killian Sardella came in. At his press conference, Kompany was very happy with the two young defenders. Read more »
With his thirteenth goal of the season, his first in six games, Joshua Zirkzee put Anderlecht on the road to victory against Antwerp. "We actually should have scored more", the Dutchman thought. "We will work on that this week". Read more »
Majeed Ashimeru might be the man in form at Anderlecht at the moment. Once again, he was one of the standouts and with a subtle assist, he led the 1-0. "This might have been my best match for Anderlecht", the Ghanaian said afterwards. Read more »
No goal for substitute Benito Raman today, but he didn't mind. Anderlecht won, that's what counts. "This is an important win. When we win games like this, we are definitely on the right track," Raman told in front of the Eleven-microphone afterwards. Read more »
Vincent Kompany did not want to confirm it, but the chance is real that Killian Sardella will replace the suspended Wesley Hoedt on Sunday. The Anderlecht coach already expressed his confidence in the 19-year old defender. "He is still young and we want to bring him on in the right way, but he has already shown at a young age that he could have a great career ahead of him."
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In the podcast Eleven Inside, referee Erik Lambrechts gives a word of explanation about the two yellow cards he showed Vincent Kompany against OHL. It was not what Kompany said that was the problem, but the way he ranted. "A respectful communication must be the basis," he said. Read more »
At the end of last month, Alexis Saelemaekers spoke the same words as Jérémy Doku does now: "Anderlecht remains the team of my heart". It's something that stays with many ex-(youth) players of RSC Anderlecht. So also with Doku who follows almost every match. Read more »
Due to Vincent Kompany's suspension, T2 Willem Weijs was not only allowed to coach the game, but he also had to take care of the post-match press conference. The Dutchman acknowledged that the game was poor before half-time. "On the ball it was very viscous, very slow," he said. Read more »
Christian Kouamé put RSC Anderlecht fully on track for the cup final shortly after half-time by putting the 3-1 on the board. The Ivorian is looking forward to the final but now wants to focus on the next five games and the Champions' Play-offs. Read more »
