Let’s say it clearly: Anderlecht would have deserved to be beaten in Latvia but have two players who walk on water this season. In any case, they are capable of real strokes of genius.
Stroeykens, coming off the bench to wake up his teammates who were weak in the knees, sent a splendid left shot into the top corner of Ondoa, the former Ostend goalkeeper who was having a fairly quiet evening until then.
The notes of Mauves: Stroeykens the spark, Coosemans (almost) impassable wall, a taste too little for Dreyer
Served by Dreyer who had wasted several opportunities of this kind, Stroeykens confirmed the importance he has in this team, especially since Hubert took power. A great hope for the RSCA, he is gradually becoming the central pawn of the Brussels game. And it is already difficult to do without it without suffering the consequences, even when you travel to Tom Thumb of the Europa League.
And the other real Sporting executive is Coosemans. A stunning reflex on a whim just before the break. Then a duel won like a handball goalkeeper just after. And he again almost proved decisive in the action of the equalizer after a splendid save via his post which N’Diaye spoiled with a large dose of clumsiness.
The Latvians were happy but, cold turkey, they will tell themselves that they could have done much better. From a cautious strategy at the start, Riga began to believe in it by playing better and better football against the Belgians far from the first three European performances of the season. Dare Riga, shouted the home crowd in a stadium completely open to the winds but with a perfect pitch. Basically the opposite of Lotto Park.
Anderlecht was also supported, despite the UEFA ban. Gathered in a gang just outside the enclosure, purple fans began chanting loudly to push their team to a sixth victory in six European matches, which would have been a first in Sporting’s rich continental history.
The result of ten out of twelve remains good, in absolute terms, but the RSCA missed a great opportunity to take shelter in this group phase while a difficult schedule looms in the last four matches.
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