With four games left in the Jupiler Pro League playoffs, only five points cover the first five clubs. It’s been called the most exciting title race in Europe, but even those using that terminology agree that the playoffs format falsifies the championship. That’s because at the end of the classic season, the top six play… Read More »
Tonight sees two crucial games in the fifth round of the playoffs: Racing Genk-Club Brugge, followed by Zulte Waregem-Anderlecht. The match in Waregem will see the top two facing each other and the picture should be much clearer when the final whistle is heard. There have been some exhilarating matches so far, Standard won 4-3… Read More »
With Belgium playing Macedonia tonight, it’s the final call for the caption contest. This picture was taken in June last year. I’ll aim to put together a prize for what the Belgofoot team feel is the funniest caption. I’ll try and find something for the first response naming the owner of the legs. Prizes won’t… Read More »
Last night, Anderlecht thrashed Gent 5-0. The Brussels team played well but there was no opposition to speak off. Gent are imploding as a football club, they have sacked their coach, sold key players and those remaining have lost their way. John Van den Brom doubtless gave the Anderlecht players a kick up the backside… Read More »
With the Belgium U17 team having already qualified for the next stage of the Euros, with Charly Musonda Jr., Zakaria Bakkali and Andreas Pereira on the pitch and with Marc Wilmots in the stands, the stage was set for a big party last night in the far-flung reaches of Eeklo. The Netherlands U17s were the… Read More »
The final result was Standard Liege 2 Anderlecht 1 but this wasn’t so much a football match as a fight for supremacy. After the game, Standard’s assistant coach Peter Balette said that it had not been football, it had been war. Standard went into the match on the back of four defeats. Cue banners saying… Read More »
Although there are no major surprises in the squad, the fans are not happy that Nuremburg’s Timmy Simons is still there. He’s been excellent for many years but the general feeling is that it’s time to move on. Coach Marc Wilmots said that he hadn’t selected either Gaby Mudingayi (who recently signed for Inter) or… Read More »
According to reports in the Belgian press today (La Dernière Heure), the Anderlecht management team is still smiling about the rumours saying that two of their senior players, Lucas Biglia and Matias Suarez, are targets for Real Madrid and Bayern Munich respectively. Both of the Argentines are good players but they’ve not done enough to… Read More »
Not a classic but Kevin Mirallas had his best game for the national team. The defence was poor while Eden Hazard assumed his ‘boss’ role. More on the blog as the England game approaches.
With the Playoffs starting on Friday, I’ve chosen 15 players to follow; for each one, there’s a question to be answered. That could be re. fitness, a potential move or their motivation. Here are the15 … Matias Suarez – will the Anderlecht playmaker be fully fit and turn it on for the league leaders? Milan… Read More »