Pro League
The Belgian league, the Challenger Pro League and the Super League, as seen by four columnists who have never set foot in the Lotto Park. The facts are real, the reactions are theirs.
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Leko wants 0-6 when Bruges are 0-3 up: Louise asks when a coach is allowed to be happy
Winners 1-4 at La Louvière on Saturday night, Club Brugge were pulled up by Ivan Leko, who told his players to aim for 0-5 or 0-6 when the team leads 0-3. Bruges…
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Stijnen thinks sporting directors fear him, Freddy has never scared his club delegate
Former goalkeeper Stijn Stijnen doesn’t understand why no Jupiler Pro League club (Belgium’s top flight) offers him a head coach job. In an interview with Het Nieuwsblad, he says he has had…
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Florucz cleared on appeal for a red in a friendly: the amateur gaffer digs out his folder
The Disciplinary Council has cleared Raul Florucz, the Union Saint-Gilloise striker sent off in the 39th minute of a friendly against Lokeren. The federal prosecutor wanted a two-match ban and the Disciplinary…
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Kohnen played in front of 40 people: Freddy counts his own on the touchline
Charleroi travel to Standard on Sunday, at Sclessin, for a match behind closed doors. Their manager Mario Kohnen points out that he started out in amateur football, in front of around forty…
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Gent lose their video analyst before Zulte, Freddy’s side films from the clubhouse bar
Kürsat Kaplan, a 37-year-old video analyst, leaves KAA Gent with immediate effect after five years to join Burak Yilmaz’s staff at Çorum FK, in the Turkish top flight. Gent, joint leaders, travel…
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Biondic didn’t know Undav’s story before Union: Marcel has kept it on file for him
Named Pro League (Belgium’s top flight) player of the month for September, Mateo Biondic joined Union in January from Eintracht Trier, in the German fourth division. He did not know the path…
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A penalty retaken ends in a saved panenka, Marcel watches the goal line
In the last 32 of the Croky Cup (Belgium’s national cup), Axel Benoit’s penalty for Olympic Charleroi was saved, retaken because goalkeeper Thiebault Bartholomé was ruled too far off his line, then…
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Heist knock out Courtrai on penalties, Marcel misses the replay
Courtrai (D1A) eliminated from the Belgian Cup in the last 32 by Heist (D1 amateurs): 2-2 after goals from Thierry Ambrose, Kelvin Owusu, Suf Podgoreanu and Mbey Epolo, then 5-4 to Heist…
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Hoefkens says eight days off is enough for Las Vegas, Louise checked the flight
Carl Hoefkens criticised Vitor Bruno’s decision to give Anderlecht’s players eight days off right at the start of the three-week international break, with the club sitting fifth, five points off Club Brugge…
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Charaï subs Bassette to protect him from himself, Freddy does the same on Sundays
Against STVV, Norman Bassette scored the opening goal before being substituted mid-match. His coach Issame Charaï explains the change wasn’t just tactical: he wanted to protect the player from himself, as Visar…
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Lardot wants referees to blow earlier, Freddy knows the quarter-hour that boils
Bahmed Deuff was sent off twenty minutes from the end of Antwerp – Union Saint-Gilloise, on a second yellow card for a shirt pull on Zeneli. On Monday on DAZN, Jonathan Lardot…
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Boukamir disputes the penalty and quotes his opponent, Louise looks for the form
In Charleroi’s 3-2 win over Cercle Bruges at the Mambourg, referee Anthony Letellier gave a penalty on 73 minutes for a foul by Amine Boukamir on Martens. Ngoura scored it. The 19-year-old…