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Hassan Assists As Anderlecht beat Westerlo 3-1

Date: 4-11-2007
Wrote by: EP's webmaster

Anderlecht won a difficult match versus Westerlo by three goals to win. Despite the good result, the guests came close to Anderlecht goal many times but their finishing was subpar. Hassan played from the start and assisted the first goal which came through Bart Goor.

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Egyptian star Ahmed Hassan returned back to action after missing last week's match in the Belgian Jupiler League because of one match suspension.

Hassan was, as always, a key part to Anderlecht's win as he provided the assist for the first goal and showed a solid performance in the 76 minutes that he played.

Anderlecht put their opponents under pressure from the start in order to score the early goal. However, the counter attacks of Westerlo were extremely dangerous and if they took their chances well, the result would be different.

The Mauves managed to score first thanks to a fine dribble from Hassan in the left flank, the Egyptian played the ball to Bart Goor who cut inside with a superb first touch to beat his man and sent the ball home into the far corner leavign the goalkeeper with no chance.

The guests managed to level the score in the 38th minute from a freekick which was headed behind to Stef Wils who headed it home from close range to make the score 1-1.

In the 2nd half, Anderlecht remained on control of the game but the counter attacks from Westerloo side were too dangerous and they almost scored in a couple of occasions but poor finishing from their side kept the result 1-1.

In the 61st minute, Serhat Akin scored a fine goal to reclaim Anderlecht lead. Hassan started the attacking move from the left wing and he laid the ball to Goor who crossed it to the Turk and Akin met the ball on the volley and sent it home to make the score 2-1.

In the 76th minute, Hassan came off and was replaced by Théréau and Anderlecht continued to control the game but the guests counter atacker emained a threat till the 90th minute where the Mauves added their 3rd to confirm their win.

The goal came also through Serhat Akin who powered a low shot into the bottom corner and the game ended in a 3-1 win for Anderlecht.

Goal(s): 20' Bart Goor 1-0, 1-1 38' Stef Wils , 2-1 56' Serhat Akin, 3-1 88' Serhat Akin

RSC Anderlecht: Anderlecht: Zitka, Deschacht, Juhasz, Pareja, Wasilewski, Biglia (46' De Man), Goor, Hassan (76' Théréau), Polak, Akin, Legear (87' Van Damme)

Westerlo: De Winter, Corstjens, Evens, Farssi, Vanaudenaerde, Delen (79' Scheelen), Mennes (79' Van Hout), Wagemakers (46' Van Den Ede), Wils, Coelho, Dirar