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In a match between 2 West Flemish first division teams, Cercle Brugge won against KV Kortrijk: 2-3.

Thanks to goals from Kadri (KVK) and Hotic (Cercle), both teams kept each other in balance at half time. Decostere gave Cercle the lead in the closing seconds of the 2nd half.

After 90 minutes, both teams played an extra half hour. Mbayo equalized KVK with Cercle. The Japanese World Cup goer Ueda decided the match with the winning goal.

Club Brugge also lost its practice match against Excelsior Rotterdam. Coach Carl Hoefkens gave a young team a chance against the Dutch, but was halfway down 0-1. Markelo had struck just before the break.

Club Brugge tried to turn the tide with ten new names, without success. Agrofiotis made it a 0-2 defeat for blue-black in the final. Club Brugge previously lost an exhibition game against Lille 1-0.

Competition leader Genk has won his first practice match on stage in Benidorm. It was 3-2 against the Spanish first division this afternoon.

Genk trailed 0-1 after 10 minutes by Ponce, but Preciado equalized 4 minutes later.

The start of the second half was for the Spaniards with Milla’s 1-2 as a result, but in the closing quarter Genk still pulled the sheet to itself. Onuachu made 2 in the 76th and 87th minutes. The last was from the dot.

Genk will play a second exhibition game on Tuesday, against the French second division team Metz. On December 21, the Belgian debates resume with a 1/8th final in the cup against Anderlecht.

Union won on stage in Murica against the French Angers, this season’s last in Ligue 1. Union went to rest at a 1-1 score, Ayensa scored the Brussels goal, but was able to take the victory after the break. It eventually became 3-2, for Union François and Nieuwkoop were also able to score.

For the first time since his return to Charleroi, Felice Mazzu has completed a match as coach of the Carolos.

Against Besiktas, ex-Standard player Jackson Muleka gave the Turks an early lead. Charleroi conceded a second goal before the break. Mazzu saw in the 2nd half how the Iranian Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh made the connection goal. 2-1 was also the final score.

Standard had to bow its head in a practice match for Nice, the number 9 in Ligue 1. Halfway through, the people from Liège were only 1-0 behind after a goal from Thuram, but after the break Standard went completely under .

The Algerian Andy Delort doubled the score on the hour mark. Denis Dragus was able to connect again not much later with a header on an assist from Perica, but Standard’s joy did not last long.

Bodart was able to save a penalty from Delort, but a few minutes later the goalkeeper had to turn around. Rosario put the 4-1 numbers on the scoreboard in the final phase. Standard previously played a 3-3 draw in an exhibition game against Olympiakos.

AA Gent has put Racing Gent aside with forfait figures in the Cornelis Cup, a practice pot between the two fellow townspeople. The Buffalos quickly took the lead via Hjulsager and saw Cuypers (2x) and Hong ensure a 0-4 halftime score. Hauge took care of the forfait figures just after the break, after that no more goals were scored.

Ostend looked into the eyes of number 7 from Ligue 1 with Lille. After 4 minutes of play, Thierry Ambrose opened the scoring from the spot.

After the break, Lille went up and over the coast boys thanks to 2 goals from Alan Virginius. Ostend seemed to be heading for a 1-2 defeat until Indy Boonen hit the net in the final phase.

Exactly 5 years ago, Zulte Waregem defeated Lazio 3-2 in the Europa League. Today, with KVV Ardennes, a more modest team faced Essevee.

After 3 minutes, Ndour scored the opening goal. The same Ndour doubled the lead before the break. 20 minutes before the end the 0-3 came on the board: De Buyser saw his shot disappear into goal via an Ardennes defender.

Anderlecht won its first friendly match under coach Brian Riemer. The Purple & White won 1-2 against the Greek first division team Panetolikos.

After barely 6 minutes, Anderlecht were allowed to celebrate. Fabio Silva dribbled pretty freely in the penalty area and was able to serve the detached Murillo: 0-1.

Just before the break, there was a riot between the Greeks and the people of Brussels, but the first half did not yield much more. Arnstad was only able to double the score in the final phase after a nice through ball from Raman.

A few seconds later, Shengelia (ex-OHL) was able to counter, but the Greeks did not get further than the tying goal.

On Saturday, Anderlecht drew 1-1 against OFI Crete in its first friendly game. Exhibition matches will follow later this week against the Spanish Real Sociedad and the Polish Rakow Czestochowa.