"Anderlecht found a good balance between playing football and clearing the ball when needed"

"It's a match on which I'm a bit stuck, stressed Joachim Mununga. I found that there was not a lot of risk taking. I was expecting to see a "Clasico" a little more exciting. But we could see beautiful things like the awakening of Alexis Saelemaekers who was trusted and who took a chance. We also saw the return of Sambi Lokonga. We saw a positive Anderlecht in the sense that there was this time a little more maturity in the team and who managed to finalize the opportunities. Opposite, we found a Standard who had trouble packing the game. All that was missing was the concretization at the offensive level because at the level of the animation, there were interesting things to see. "

Pascal Scimè: "Many people and fans of Anderlecht did not think that Sporting would win the 3 points, but there were still 10 points difference after 5 days between the two teams, it was almost unheard of. Then there is this scenario that was a bit of a nightmare for the fans, but also for Standard's management and staff, it was to lose at Anderlecht's Sporting who was pretty dull at the points level. Now, it's going to be a double-edged sword with the truce … On the Standard side, we're taking a dirty blow on the head because even at the level of the game, they have produced very little. When we see in its entirety the match of the Standard against Kortrijk last week, there were already there warning signs and it was confirmed today.A lack of ideas, a lack of rhythm , a lack of personal also at times. "

Sure the maturity displayed by the Sporting, Joachim Mununga notes: "I found that Anderlecht was much more mature. I saw a team that came out of this "caricature" of wanting to play football at all costs. Anderlecht found a good balance between playing football and clearing the ball when needed".

And Pascal Scime to continue: "We are not going to get excited about this Sporting Anderlecht because we know it is still under construction and because a Anderlecht-Standard remains a match where anything is possible. You can have the best game plan in the world, it's a match that writes each time its own story. Today, we saw an Anderlecht Sporting play the result. There was sobriety and we did not have match starts as before."

Sure the return of Alexis Saelemaekers, Pascal Scime says: "Football is the most beautiful sport in the world because it feeds on stories. Alexis Saelemaekers played in U 21. He did not have a minute in division 1. We did not want it. And here he comes and he saves his country. (…) Saelemaekers is a "ket" stamped Neerpede. He has Anderlecht's DNA. Today he could not miss. Have you seen Anderlecht since the beginning of the season? You are titular, the week after you are in the stands, the next week you are on the bench. This sports policy since the beginning of the season, it is not a gift for young people. Nor should we underestimate that."

And Joachim Mununga concludes: "It's still wonderful, as a youngster, to be able to get started in Anderlecht and be supported. And even if the results are not there, we maintain this desire to play with young people. I think they are facing their responsibilities. It's not easy but I would not say it's not a gift. I think it's still a real opportunity from the moment that there is a real position on the part of the management to say that it wants to play with its young people regardless of the result. "