Zinho Vanheusden was not in the Malinois group last night. He has back pain.
Zinho Vanheusden still finds it difficult to continue with Mechelen. Arriving lacking pace, he played his first match of the season by helping to keep zero on the Standard pitch at the start of August.
But he then disappeared from circulation again until the end of October to treat an inguinal hernia (a bulge which forms in the groin, between the abdomen and the thigh which causes particular pain in the lower part of the back).
The former defender of Standard returned to the game during extra time against La Louvière in the Cup. Before starting against Beerschot last weekend, for a second clean sheet in two starts. It was then thought to be relaunched, to the great joy of Besnik Hasi.
Mechelen will not take the slightest risk
However, Vanheusden was once again absent from the group last night, during the trip to Kortrijk. According to Het Laatste Nieuws, it was once again this pain in the lower back which got the better of his presence at the Stade des Eperons d’Or.
If a priori it is only a minor problem, it will not help him to accumulate the rhythm that he has been looking for for years.
