A false start. Otherwise you can’t call Vincent Kompany’s debut as a coach. After the 1-1 against Mouscron, Anderlecht now drew a 2-2 draw against Ostend. The Purple & White was boss for only twenty minutes and that’s painful. The program looked easy, but with 2 out of 6 the way to the top is still a long time. For a long time.
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A weekend at the sea in Ostend: you won’t do Vincent Kompany any pleasure with that. It’s a hell hole. Last season, Vince The Prince lost painfully and even now it was anything but a pleasant trip. KVO played strangulation football. Every inhabitant of Brussels in possession of the ball was fiercely chased and Anderlecht was really smothered. The result was a festival of bad passes and the Purple & White that was pushed back to the own half. Would Kompany have been jealous of so much pressing? With that intensity, his team must also be able to play football.
The new T1, however, had tinkered with its own team. Sometimes Zulj no longer understood his own role and started on the couch, Vlap was ill and Dimata got some rest. In their place, youngsters Kana and Colassin played, while Percy Tau was playmaker. Still, the visiting strikes were stereotypical, as just about every ball went to Jeremy Doku who got stuck. Where were the ball circulation and running lines?
Penalty cadeau
Ostend was rewarded for its attacking spirit. After a ball in the whisk Makthar Gueye was able to shoot. Van Crombrugge fended off the leather, but D’Haese pushed in the rebound. Finally the coast team found the goal again, while Anderlecht swallowed another goal in its fourth match. Keeping zero is oh so hard. Things got worse when KVO was also given a penalty. A gift, because Kana got the ball against his hand through the body. Normally never a penalty, but the VAR did not intervene. Gueye did not miss: 2-0.