On Saturday, Anderlecht and Antwerp will kick off the Champions’ Playoffs at Lotto Park. The Mauves will have to quickly get back into Pro League mode after the international break.
Antwerp continues its preparation for Playoffs 1. Saturday, at 8:45 p.m., the Great Old will try to forget the 1-0 defeat at Lotto Park, dating from the very start of the classic phase, to return to three points from the Mauves.
In training, one element is particularly striking: Mark van Bommel was able to count on an almost complete core to work during these two weeks of international break: among the usual starters, only Zeno Van Den Bosch and Alhassan Yusuf were retained in the national team.
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For the rest, the senior players were able to recover and work on their automatisms, from Jean Butez to Vincent Janssen via George Ilenikhena, Toby Alderweireld, Chidera Ejuke, Owen Wijndal and Jürgen Ekkelenkamp.
L’Antwerp “moins international” qu’Anderlecht
Which is far from being the case for Anderlecht: the typical team of Brian Riemer spent the break in the four corners of Europe: Kasper Schemeichel, Thomas Delaney, Kasper Dolberg, Anders Dreyer (Denmark), Zeno Debast, Jan Vertonghen (Red Devils), Ludwig Augustinsson (Sweden), Killian Sardella and Mario Stroeykens (Belgium U21) only returned later and were not entitled to the same preparation.
Only Mats Rits, Théo Leoni and Thorgan Hazard were able to remain at Neerpede among the usual starters. Will this be felt on Saturday?
2024-03-28 11:00:00
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