Finally, Dave Mattheus recovered three at the last minute but not Vatafu, Minnaert, Jacobs, Wijnants, Meersman and Schenk! While finally Delabre, who was able to play the last half hour, and the starting goalkeeper Majasaari remained cautiously on the bench. The Anderlecht coach suddenly launched the very young goalkeeper, Aude Waldbillig (soon to be 17), into the fight for the title! On the “Rouches” side, Stéphane Guidi could count on the return of his attacker, Irish international Amber Barrett at the front of the band. Anderlecht tried to postpone the game due to exceptional circumstances but OH Louvain and… Standard opposed it. Stéphane Guidi informed us afterwards: “It happened at management level, I don’t know much about it. In the end Anderlecht only lost 3 starters, but I also had diminished players”.
In front of a good crowd and under the eyes of Wouter Vandenhaute, Sporting was finally unable to take the measure of a Standard Fémina, well organized and who had, ultimately, created their biggest possibilities after the break, especially with the contribution from Mariam Toloba, climbed at the end of the match and real poison for her ex-mauve teammates. Among the locals, Ouzraoui, Thornton and Buabadi tried to forget Delabre who finally came to lend a helping hand at the end of the match. If the young Anderlecht goalkeeper slammed 2 hot balls from Toloba and had a terrible reflex in the money time, then Deloose (big match) and her 2 companions De Caigny-De Neve also ensured the good guard of the mauve mill which did not never broke…
Ultimately, no winner will emerge from this women’s “Classico” where Standard could, indeed, have felt the most disappointed. Anderlecht hopes to recover its patients and above all to see OHL get tripped up later in Bruges.
Anderlecht: Waldbillig, Vanwynsberghe, De Caigny, De Neve, Deloose, Matavkova, Vidal, Ouzraoui, Wajnblum (66th Delabre), Buabadi, Thorton (74th Zang).
Standard: Music, O'Riordan (62nd Toloba), Braeckman, Coutereels, Van Eynde, Miller, Cordier (62nd Humartus), Blave (85th Van Belle), Gelders, Fon (78th Ademi), Barrett (85th Lewirissa).
Referee: M.Meys.
Warnings: Wajnblum, Mattheus (coach), Blave, Deloose, O'Riordan.
