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Anderlecht vs Standard (0-1)

Date: 17-4-2007
Wrote by: EP's webmaster

Hassan and Anderlecht lost at their home in the first leg of the Belgian cup semi final. Hassan's side controlled the game from start to end but they couldn't penetrate the solid defenses of Standard who used their counter attacks well and scored the only goal in the match from one of these attacks. Hassan played the full match, while not at his best, the Egyptian was the best Anderlecht player on the field but his teammates couldn't take advantage of his passes.

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Anderlecht faced Standard Liege in the Belgian cup semi final last night. The first leg match at the home stadium of the Mauves ended in a disappointing defeat for Hassan's side by a single goal which came in the 67th minute through a counter attack.

Ahmed Hassan played the full match and as usual, he played as support man behind Boussoufa and Nicolas Frutos.

Hassan played well and created some good chances to his teammates thanks to his vision and accurate passing. He sent a few good diagonal and through passes but his teammates couldn't take advantage of any.

The Egyptian didn't get a clear chances to score by himself. However, he volleyed a shot from inside the box in the 60th minute but it went just wide.

Anderlecht generally had better possession and created more chances. They hit the bar in the 2nd half and had other close attempts but they failed to convert. Standard defense played a big role in the match result too as they didn't give Anderlecht players much space to maneuver.

 


The only goal in the game came in the 2nd half through Milan Jovanovic who started a counter attacking move and took the ball past an Anderlecht defender before sending it low into the back of the net to make the score 0-1 in the 67th minute.

The same player Milan Jovanovic almost scored a 2nd goal for Standard a few minute later. However the post denied his shot and the game ended in a 0-1 loss.

Anderlecht now will have to defeat Standard after a couple of weeks in Liege. It will be a difficult job for Hassan and his teammates but hopefully they will be able to advance to the final.

Anderlecht: Daniel Zitka, Olivier Deschacht, Nicolas Pareja, Jelle Van Damme, Max von Schlebrügge , Marcin Wasilewski, Lucas Biglia, Mbark Boussoufa, Ahmed Hassan, Nicolas Frutos, Jonathan Legear (69' Tchité)

Standard: Olivier Renard, Costa Santos , Bonfim Dante, Eric Deflandre, Frédéric Dupré, Mohamed Sarr, Sergio Conceiçao, Steven Defour, Marouane Fellaini, Milan Jovanovic, Axel Witsel, Igor De Camargo

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