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Nzyyimana wondered if Anderlecht could do anything to stop Standard’s thrashing in the fourth quarter. A question answered by Frank Bockx with his practical experience as a goalkeeping coach at Anderlecht. Although it is one of the writers directly with the “gallery tricks”, it is only available in dark alleys. “I remember the match between O Leuven and Anderlecht last season,” Bockx says. “We were 0-1 up, but we couldn’t control the game and the OHL team kept pressing. I even had to shout at Verbruggen (Anderlecht goalkeeper, editor) that he had to fake an injury so that Reimer could adjust things and thus derail the pace of the game. “It went perfectly.” Anderlecht held on and made it 0-2 in the final stage.

One of the best moments of the weekend: How Karl Hofkens grabbed his header as Nathan Ngoy made it 3-2. As if he didn’t believe it himself. Degresi: “What a difference to that Champions League match with Club Brugge’s T1 side in Porto, when he stood firm when the score was 0-4.” Boeckx knows that Hoefkens works with Bob Claes, the former general manager of Standard. “When he was appointed Standard coach, he said to Karl: ‘You will never experience the atmosphere in Schlesen when things are heated there.’” Hofkins replied that that would not be so bad, after previous adventures in England and at the club. But with that 3-2 image, you can To see that he had never seen anything like this before…this must have been very special for him.