After nine games of the season, the competition is warming up in Belgium. Club Brugge, Anderlecht and Racing Genk are all unbeaten and all have reason to be happy with their form. With Gent also handily placed in the table, only Standard of the ‘Big Five’ have troubles and at Sclessin, that comes with a… Read More »
On Saturday, Charleroi met Mons in one of the infrequent Walloon derbies. Despite home advantage, Mons saw the honours go to Les Carolos who celebrated their new management. After years under Abbas Bayat – sacked 20 coaches, one of whom lasted one game – Charleroi have a new boss: local entrepreneur Fabien Debecq. Sporting matters… Read More »
Temperatures in Belgium on Saturday night were the second highest ever recorded and it showed. As in many countries, all games were stopped half way through the two halves for a drinks break. It was tough for all clubs but even tougher for those teams that found themselves playing with 10 men for lengthy periods… Read More »
It’s the Belgian first division’s big fight; representing Belgium is Georges Leekens, now firmly of Club Brugge, and representing the Netherlands we have John van den Brom and Ron Jans of, respectively, Anderlecht and Standard Liege. The recent invasion by Dutch coaches in Belgian soccer means that five of the 16 first division clubs are… Read More »
The Belgian media has recently been focusing on the so-called invasion of Dutch coaches in the Jupiler League. There will be five of them out of 16 when the league starts in July and Belgian coaches such as Hugo Broos – currently out of work – have questioned why the Dutch are getting jobs that… Read More »