The salon draw between KVC Westerlo and KRC Genk will continue to grow. Both clubs, trainers and players will be severely punished. Although it could have been much worse, of course, because the clubs are allowed to continue playing in the play-off for which they qualified.
“The match was “frozen” by both teams in the last five minutes of added time, which totaled six minutes. What happened then is classified by the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office as (a form of) blatant game cheating in which spectators, other teams from the series and neutral football fans were simply cheated.”
“Neutral football fans cheated”
“The football game was not played fairly and it goes without saying that this shabby display did not benefit the image of Belgian football and by extension the Royal Belgian Football Association and the Pro League,” the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office said. The newspapaer.
On April 5, everyone will be summoned to the Federal Public Prosecution Service. Wouter Vrancken and Rik De Mil (currently active at Charleroi) will be suspended for three match days, with a fine of 1,000 euros for each player who was on the field during the match.
Madsen and Kayembe were punished more severely, clubs also had to pay a fine for the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office
Nicolas Madsen (Westerlo) and Joris Kayembe (Genk) are also being sentenced to two matchday suspensions + a fine of 2,000 euros, because they simply passed the ball to each other.
The clubs get away with a fine of 10,000 euros each. There is no point deduction yet, which means that Westerlo has saved itself and Genk can play in the Champions’ Play-off.
2024-03-25 16:40:00
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