All this shows that above all they were effective. A fact that all coaches are looking for and that Kasper Dolberg finally seems to have found. With five goals in three days, the Danish center forward impressed while his individual stats were no better than usual.
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A team that has the ball
67.8%. Anderlecht have never had the ball so much in the league this season. This is 9% more than the average possession. And even 15% more than last year, when Brian Riemer was the full-time coach.
Hubert wants to have the ball, because it is in the club’s DNA and because he believes that his players have the ability to take the game on their own, provided they make the necessary efforts in counter-pressing by case of loss of ball.
But the coach does not want a sterile possession. Sunday against Kortrijk, RSCA had never managed so many forward passes in the league (155). With the prize for Moussa N’Diaye who made 31 forward passes out of 34 attempts.
A team led by Stroeykens
Hubert revealed after the match that he had a good chat with Mario Stroeykens a few hours before kick-off. “I explained to him what I expected from him.” High expectations, living up to the potential of the kid from Neerpede.
The message seems to have gotten through, even if it will require confirmation: Stroeykens is the one who attempted the most actions (100), apart from the defenders who are the majority of the time constructing the action. In the reactor core, no one did better than Super Mario, who also searched and found the depth the most. In short, look no further for Sporting’s new Hubert-style playmaker.
