Two goals. On Saturday, against Mechelen, Jeppe Erenbjerg put the ball in the net twice. That’s historic. I’m weighing my words. And then both were chalked off for offside. That’s a disgrace. I’m weighing my words too, it’s just that they’re different words.
I put a message in the “Sunday Devils” WhatsApp group at the first ball. Twelve thumbs up. At the second, I waited. I’m learning.
I’m doing the sums. Thirteen goals last season at Zulte Waregem. €5.5 million paid by Genk this summer. Ten games, zero goals, three assists. Three assists, there are positives. A striker who sets the others up, that’s a group in a good place, you can tell.
My brother-in-law, who supports the other club, replied that zero is zero. I muted him. Not a bad reply, I think.
He started against Mechelen because Daan Heymans, who took his place in the starting eleven, was suspended. Heymans is available again. And on Sunday, Genk travel to Union Saint-Gilloise, with two points from five away games and a gap to the top four that keeps growing. Away, on top of that. It’s freezing in November, that never helps a striker.
A disallowed goal is still a ball in the net. The net remembers.
Me, I’m keeping both in my stand notebook, in pencil. Historic, really. Well, almost. Now we take it one game at a time.
It’s true, we checked: Voetbalkrant.
