La Gantoise won their fourth Belgian Cup following beating Anderlecht on penalties following a goalless draw following 120 minutes.
The first big news of the followingnoon comes a few minutes before the start of the match and the last minute forfeit of Laurent depoitre. It is replaced by Roman Bezus at the forefront of the Ghent attack.
The start of the match is moreover to the advantage of the men of Hein Vanhaezebrouck. On a corner ofAlessio Castro-Montes, Michael Ngadeu arises in the first zone but Hendrik Van Crombrugge deflects the leather with your fingertips.
Five minutes later, Anderlecht reacted in a very nice way. After an interesting collective action, Joshua Zirkzee shift towards Michael Murillo right side. The full-back then centers on the ground forr Yari shave which deviates in time. Nothing to worry regarding though. Davy roef attentive. Two short minutes later, Lior Рефаелов tries an acrobatic bicycle which passes next to the Ghent cages.
The Buffalos then regain the ascendancy. From the twentieth minute of play, Bezus finds the crossbar before being flagged offside. Four short minutes later, Tarik Tissoudali wanders into the purple defense before trying his luck outside the box but his outside foot just misses.
The biggest opportunity finally comes just before the break. Bezus places an unstoppable header and thinks to open the score but the referee finally cancels the goal for an offside position of the Ukrainian striker.
Seeing that his team fails to reverse the trend, Kompany makes a triple change at the hour of play. So exit shave, Zirkzee et Kristoffer Olsson, replaced by Majeed AshimeruBenito Raman et Francis Amuzu. Ghent side, Vadis is forced out through injury and is replaced by Andrew Wheel saws. Injured, Ashimeru only remains on the pitch for a quarter of an hour before being substituted by Marco Kana and leave the lawn in tears.
The two teams were unable to decide between themselves and then headed for extra time.
