2023-12-24 07:19:00
Théo Leoni walked on water. A goal, an assist and a lot of class from the kid from Neerpede allowed his team to beat Genk at the end of a tense and spectacular match. The best possible Christmas present for Lotto Park.
Leoni and his strokes of genius
Anderlecht narrowly missed the ball. A class act was needed to allow the Mauves to get back on track after Limburg opened the score. No one would have imagined that this gesture came from the wrong foot of Théo Leoni. The left-hander sent a right-handed shell into the top corner. One of the goals of the season which will do Carolo a lot of good after a few more complicated weeks.
There is nothing surprising about Théo Leoni’s goal. Anderlecht have great facilities when it comes to taking chances from a distance. The Mauves have already scored 7 goals outside the box out of 36 scored this season.
His assist at the end of the match to put Anders Dreyer in orbit at 2-1 reflects his intelligence of the game. The marathoner (he was everywhere) showed enormous lucidity in the last moments of the match to slip in an ideal ball in the rectangle.
Anderlecht under the microscope: Leoni with a dream strike and assist, Schmeichel decisive for the first time
A big mistake by the referees
Mr. Verboomen experienced one of the most complicated matches of his career. The referee will blame himself for a long time for not having followed his first intuition. He first decided to have Genk’s penalty withdrawn (stopped by Schmeichel) before reversing his decision, considering that only Sor had entered the rectangle too early. He therefore gave Anderlecht an indirect free kick.
Except that the images clearly show that several Anderlecht residents also committed the same mistake. According to the rules, the penalty should have been withdrawn. Genk could have led after a good twenty minutes of play.
New images change the situation: Genk had to receive a new penalty against Anderlecht!
Schmeichel wins points
Kasper Schmeichel has just had his two best matches for Anderlecht. After being solid against Antwerp, he once again delivered a quality performance. He first saved Brian Heynen’s penalty before making a crazy save on a header from Tolu Arokodare. Too bad for the Danish goalkeeper, Alieu Fadera was on the restart. His volley left the goalkeeper no chance.
Note the Mauves after the victory against Genk
Delaney had to find his feet
As announced by La DH, Brian Riemer aligned Thomas Delaney and Killian Sardella in central defense. The Dane struggled to get his bearings before gaining momentum at the end of the match thanks to his ability to refuse no duel. Captain for a day, however, he almost cost his team points by touching the ball with his hand in the rectangle. He was sometimes challenged in his positioning and his restarts but defended his goal with courage.
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