RETRO – From 3-0 to 3-3? Anderlecht also experienced it in the Champions League, both negatively and positively

Manchester City gave away a 3-goal bonus in the Champions League last night. Anderlecht knows how it feels. In 1993, they themselves let a 0-3 lead slip away in Bremen. 10 years ago Anderlecht experienced the opposite on the Arsenal field.

Goals:

• 16′ Albert 0-1
• 18′ Boffin 0-2
• 33′ Boffin 0-3
• 66′ Rufer 1-3
• 72′ Bratseth 2-3
• 80′ Hobsch 3-3
• 83′ Bode 4-3
• 89′ Rufer 5-3

Yesterday it went from 3-0 to 3-3 in 14 minutes between Manchester City and Feyenoord in the Champions League.

Exactly what happened to Anderlecht in December 1993. Although it became even more painful for the then Belgian national champion. It even went from 0-3 to 5-3 on the grounds of the German club Werder Bremen.

“It makes you really sick,” said coach Jan Boskamp, ​​who saw his team go under in the soaking wet Weser Stadium.

There was nothing to indicate that Anderlecht would lose badly. The Purple & White were comfortably in the lead in the competition and in the first match they had kept group favorite and eventual winner Milan at 0-0.

More than half of the Anderlecht team played for the Red Devils and they also ruled the roost in Bremen. With good football and goals from Albert and Boffin (2x), it quickly became 0-3.

At halftime the match seemed over.

The Anderlecht board already counted themselves rich in the stands – the win would earn the club a hefty Champions League premium – and in the dressing room Boffin dreamed of what he would buy with his premium.

Nothing, because in the second half Bremen became as dark as hell for Anderlecht. The home team quickly made it 1-3 and in the pouring rain the Boskamp team was completely drowned.

He started to roar, but his players backed away.

Bremen went up and over the Belgian visitors With 4 more goals in 18 minutes, it came from heaven to hell. Thanks to Anderlecht goalkeeper De Wilde, who did not keep his best match.

The players dropped out. Anderlecht would also lose the second match (1-2) and finish last in the group.

10 years ago Anderlecht experienced the opposite scenario in the Champions League. On the Arsenal ground came from hell to heaven.

After an hour the scoreboard showed 3-0 in London, the signal for Anthony Vanden Borre to release his devils.

The crazy right back became the hero of the evening. First he made it 3-1 (from offside), then he gave coach Hasi gray hairs.

Against the agreements, he took a penalty. Tielemans could have become the youngest goalscorer in the Champions League at the age of 17, but Vanden Borre converted the penalty: 3-2.

The delirium followed in the 90th minute. Mitrovic, still a controversial player at the time, beat German international Mertesacker and headed the equalizer into the goal.

Anderlecht would eventually finish 3rd in a group with Dortmund and Galatasaray. In the Europa League they immediately lost to Dinamo Moscow.

Goals:

• 25′ Arteta 1-0
• 29′ Sanchez 2-0
• 58′ Oxlade-Chamberlain 3-0
• 61′ Vanden Borre 3-1
• 73′ Vanden Borre 3-2 (pen)
• 90′ Mitrovic 3-3