A whole stadium was giving him a standing ovation and was shouting his name, that way Andy Najar was allowed to leave the field after one hour. Coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck is as satisfied as his crowd, the Honduran had a successful comeback. Now wait to see how he digests the game. Read more »
Hein Vanhaezebrouck is satisfied with what he sees the last games of his defense. Josué Sà also seems to be growing more and more every game: "And I can and will improve," he added confidently. Read more »
Hein Vanhaezebrouck is satisfied with his defense in the last games. Josué Sa, Ivan Obradovic and Leander Dendoncker are in defense. I think they perform very well in the last matches. Only it was Matz Sels that made some mistakes. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht lost at Standard and at Genk. A journalist noted that Purple & White is also the only team in play-off1 that plays with so many young people. Yet Hein Vanhaezebrouck does not want to mention that as a reason for the loss of points, on the contrary. Read more »
Alexis Saelemaekers was replaced both against Standard and against Genk. Hein Vanhaezebrouck, however, has nothing but praise for the young defender. "He also had two big opponents in front of him," said the coach. Read more »
Lukasz Teodorczyk went to Poland to help his family after the death of his brother. The only option to replace him is Silvère Ganvoula, and that while Hamdi Harbaoui and Robert Beric, two strikers RSC Anderlecht who left in the winter mercato, score easily at this moment. Read more »
Will we see the comeback of Andy Najar and Henry Onyekuru with the first team on Sunday? Hein Vanhaezebrouck does not rule it out, especially Najar makes a good chance. "Najar is clearly further than Onyekuru, he is closer to a selection", said the coach this afternoon. Read more »
Marc Coucke and Luc Devroe were delighted to announce the arrival of Elias Cobbaut. "Our project is clearly starting to work", Coucke says strongly. The new board is ambitious: "At least 80% of this core must be put together in mid-June in order to be able to start the new season in the best possible way", that's how it sounds. Read more »
In a first reaction, Elias Cobbaut says that he thinks that Anderlecht is the ideal club to expand his career. "I am ready for a step higher and in my opinion that goes best at a Belgian top club like Anderlecht." Read more »
Like Andy Najar, Henry Onyekuru made a successful re-appearance with the U21 against Lokeren. "I was not afraid at all, I knew it would go well, because I had worked very hard", said Nigerian afterwards. "Now I want to quickly find my rhythm." Read more »
For the first time since December 18, Andy Najar played a game on Tuesday, back then it was also with the U21 against Lokeren. Where he then got injured again after just five minutes, it went fine this time. "I felt good", the Honduran said afterwards. Read more »
Sven Kums had to stop the game against Genk twenty minutes before time. He had too much trouble with a contracture in his thigh and asked himself to be substituted. Kums hopes to be fit again for the match against Charleroi. Read more »
Lazar Markovic scored his first goal for RSC Anderlecht on Saturday. His adductors prevent him from completing the entire game. But what he especially wanted to say: "This goal is to show Liverpool that I am still alive." Read more »
RSC Anderlecht returned home without points from the Luminus Arena. Hein Vanhaezebrouck realizes that purple-white will have to fight for the second place, because the followers will also come close. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht lost three points at Genk Saturday. Marc Coucke does not aim at his group of players, but he blames a failed wintermercato: "This was our fear on January 31 at midnight", Coucke sent via Twitter into the world. A clear sneer to Herman Van Holsbeeck. Read more »
If RSC Anderlecht were to remain in the running for the title, it had to win against Standard. "Now it will even be an achievement to stay second", said Hein Vanhaezebrouck after the loss of points on Sclessin. "I do not have 30 finishers for the goal," he adds. Read more »
After ten minutes, Matz Sels tried to put Edmilson's cross away, but that did not really work out "I felt like I was not going to get there with my hands," says the goalkeeper. Read more »
Pieter Gerkens mainly saw a number of opportunities that have not been finished. He would have preferred to see his team go back to Brussels with at least one point. "We should certainly have scored more than once," Gerkens said. Read more »
That Adrien Trebel was no longer welcomed with open arms by the fans of Standard is not to be wondered. Everytime he touched the ball, the home fans started hissing. The Frenchman answered with a goal for RSC Anderlecht. Read more »
Alexandru Chipciu played 20 minutes against Standard. It has been since February 25 that he had played again. The Romanian is not satisfied with his statute as subsitute. "Although I do not want to start polemics here." Read more »
Kara Mbodj sees light at the end of the tunnel. The Senegalese has announced that he wants to play again in three weeks. "I now do three individual training sessions a day, and if everything goes well, I can continue the field training this week and I can play games in three weeks." Read more »
Coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck still does not want to talk about the title. The second place is still a priority for him. Already he realizes that tonight it will be a difficult assignment against Standard: "They are always extra motivated against us". Read more »
Lazar Markovic was in the starting eleven on Sunday instead of Ryota Morioka. And the Serb immediately showed why he deserves that place. Conditionally, however, there is still a lot of work to do, 90 minutes of play is still too much for Markovic. Read more »
Steven Defour was also present at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Sunday to encourage his former team. Tomorrow, RSC Anderlecht will go to Sclessin: "And I will also support Anderlecht", Defour said. Read more »
Marc Coucke had a successful weekend. A successful open training and three points against Club Brugge. So he gleamed after the game, and rightly so: "For this there is play-off 1, tension from start to finish." Read more »
Alexis Saelemaekers played a very strong game against Bruges. After the game, the coach praised him. "I have to pay attention, but Saelemaekers is gradually becoming a phenomenon", says Hein Vanhaezebrouck. The coach fears that he will have to miss the youngster with an injury.+ Read more »
Due to the injury of Dennis Appiah, Alexis Saelemaekers gets his chance as right back. The youth product of purple and white was voted 'Man of the Match' against Charleroi and Hein Vanhaezebrouck also sees that it is good. Read more »
