Bad news for Jong Genk and SL16, the U21 of KRC Genk and Standard respectively. In the fight against relegation from the Challenger Pro League, both teams just lost valuable points for the green table.
While about half of the Jupiler Pro League is moving towards the BAS to challenge the decision regarding the stopped match between Charleroi and KV Mechelen, the Disciplinary Council of Professional Football also had to deal with a file from the second division. After all, there, the gatekeeper Excelsior Virton filed a complaint against both Jong Genk and SL16, against whom it is fighting for preservation.
In their mutual confrontation, which was postponed due to heavy snowfall, both teams finally fielded two players a few weeks ago who were not eligible to play. Specifically, on the Limburg side, it was Aziz Ouattara and Nicolas Castro, while the Liège residents then again exceeded the regulations by allowing the duo Aleksander Buksa and Brahim Traoré minutes.
PROFESSION?
The latter two were not yet affiliated with the Rouches on the original date, while Ouattara and Castro played more than one half with Genk’s main force the weekend before. As a result of those infractions, they both now lose the point they held in their tie, bringing Virton closer to five and six points respectively. Genk is considering according to The Importance of Limburg still have to appeal to the BAS.
