Anderlecht had little trouble with a weak Waasland-Beveren on Saturday evening. After a goal fair it became 2-4. The Purple & White swung at times, although the home team did not hinder them much.
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Anderlecht shot off the starting blocks on the Freethiel. After just three minutes, the Purple & White already took the lead. Waasland-Beveren was unable to clear the ball after a corner kick. Adrien Trebel was all alone in the sixteen and curled the ball wonderfully into the far corner. The home team stood by and watched it. Literally. Vincent Kompany gave Yari Verschaeren his first starting place of the season, and he immediately showed his class. With Hannes Delcroix, Kompany dropped another youth product between the lines. Bakali and Luckassen disappeared to the bank.
After thirteen minutes, the match seemed over. Nmecha went down in the box after a tackle from Vukotic. Ref Visser did not hesitate and immediately pointed to the dot. But after the intervention of the VAR, Visser reconsidered his decision. Rightly so, as it turned out. Waasland-Beveren was released with a fright.
However, it turned out to be only a reprieve. The home team was unable to make arrows out of wood and suffered constant loss of the ball in their own half due to the high pressure from Anderlecht. After the umpteenth loss of the ball, goalkeeper Jackers first saved the broken Nmecha, but Doku fired the falling ball into the roof of the goal. Game played.
Penaltymisser
The 1,800 supporters of Waasland-Beveren meanwhile put their mouth masks more and more in front of their eyes instead of their mouths. Understandable. Leonardo Bertone made his debut with the home team. The Swiss midfielder became eligible to play in extremis and was immediately thrown to the lions. An encouraging debut, but he could not prevent a defeat.
Anderlecht did not feel sorry for the appallingly weak home team. On the stroke of half time, the visitors received another penalty. Murillo went for a walk in the Beverse defense and was mowed down by Khammas. Nmecha put himself behind the ball, but went wide. Or was the Manchester City mercenary the only one feeling sorry for the drifting Waaslanders?
No clean sheet again
Waasland-Beveren showed a different face at the start of the second half. Heymans missed the connection goal face to face with goalkeeper Van Crombrugge. Just when the home team started to get into the match, Anderlecht struck hard again. Doku sent Verschaeren down the street. The 19-year-old talent kicked in the short corner.
Anderlecht pushed on. Waasland-Beveren had to empty the chalice to the bottom. Goalkeeper Jackers took down the broken Nmecha in the box. Another penalty kick. Again rightly so. Nmecha put himself behind the ball again and this time shot in.
But keep the zero two weeks in a row? No, that was not an option for Anderlecht. Vranjes was too easily trumped by Efford. The American laid wide to rush-hour brother Sula, who only had to push in. In the end of the match Heymans pushed in his fifth of the season.
With this simple victory, Anderlecht jumps to a provisional third place in the standings, six points behind leader Charleroi. Waasland-Beveren continues to dangle at the bottom of the rankings after a 3 out of 18. The American owners and sports manager Miguel Torrecillia still have a lot of work on the Freethiel.
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