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Hassan's Anderlecht Defeat Bayern Munich

Date: 13-3-2008
Wrote by: EP's reporter Ahmad Matar

Ahmed Hassan started and helped Anderlecht revenge from their 5-0 defeat at home against the Bavarians. Anderlecht stunned Bayern Munich in the 2nd leg match and ended the game in a 1-2 win. While the win is not enough to advance to UEFA cup quarter finals, it is still a prestigious result against the Bundesliga top side.

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Six days after Anderlecht suffered humiliating defeat at Home, Ahmed Hassan and his team-mates surprised Bayern Munich in their own Arena.

Hassan's side had to beat the Bavarians with score greater than 5-0 in order to advance to quarter finals which seemed impossible to achieve. However, a 1-2 away win is still something to be appreciated.

The Mauves outclassed Bayern, and were able to create many chances. The humiliation of last week was at home but in the Allianz Arena, the Belgian honor was somewhat restored.

Debut Iakovenko and Bouba:

Ariel Jacobs managed the game well, he had some unfit key players on bench like Boussouffa and Polak so he started with Oleksandr Iakovenko and Bakary 'Bouba' Saré for the first time and both players made a solid debut.

Anderlecht didn't have the best start as they conceded an early goal through Lucio but they responded well and showed that despite being behind by a goal, they are very efficient at goal.

After twenty minutes Anderlecht created the first real chance and it was immediately in by Serhat.
Ten minutes before the break and Iakovenko made it 2-1 on the board with a brilliant shot. Rensing was just at the ball, but not enough to prevent it from going in.


In the second half both teams had chances but none of the chances materialized to goals.

Egyptian star Ahmed Hassan played the full match and did well throughout the game. Hassan linked well with his teammates and his vision and passes helped his side maintain possession.

With this result, Anderlecht are out of UEFA cup with 6-2 aggregate result. They can now concentrate on league and cup.