RSC Anderlecht 3-2 AA Gent

SUNDAY, 18 MAY 2008, 19:11 - driess
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Anderlecht has won the Cup after a great final. Gent managed to take the lead twice during the game, but Anderlecht managed to equalise each time, and made the winner after a great goal by Gillet.

AA Gent was the first team to score a goal after 6 minutes. Fadige with a nice pass to Thijs, who found Ruiz on the left side. The Gent-player missed his shot, but Foley managed to tap the bal against the net on the second post.Anderlecht responded immideatly. 30 seconds after the kick-off, Polak slided the ball past Jorgacevic. Both teams created some half chances. Gillet hit the post on a throw in from Wasilewski, and Frutos was pulled down by De Roeck in the penalty-area, but referee Gumieny didn't give a penalty.

After 35 minutes, Olufade dribbeld Polak and Deschacht just outside the box. His shot on goal deflected on Van Damme and flew past Silvio Proto.

Anderlecht had 1 good chance before the break, but Vlcek his shot was saved by the Gent-goalie.

After the break, Chatelle came in place of Vlcek but it was Gent that came close to the 3-1, Olufade's volley hitting the post. Coach Jacobs responded, and brought Ahmed Hassan for Wasilewski.

Not long after that, Chatelle his cross found Boussoufa, who headed the ball in the far corner.
A couple of minutes later, Hassan found Boussoufa, who heeled the ball to Gillet, who kicked the ball in the bottom-corner.

Anderlecht created some good chances to score more goals, Hassan twice came close to score his last Anderlecht-goal, but missed.

After 95 minutes, the referee called the game to an end. Anderlecht has won his first cup in 14 years after a great match.

Score: 3-2
Goal(s): 06' Dominic Foley, 07' Jan Polak, 33' Adekanmi Olufade, 70' Mbark Boussoufa, 72' Guillaume Gillet

RSC Anderlecht:Silvio Proto, Olivier Deschacht, Guillaume Gillet, Nicolas Pareja, Jelle Van Damme, Marcin Wasilewski (63' Ahmed Hassan), Lucas Biglia, Mbark Boussoufa, Jan Polak, Nicolas Frutos (90' Bart Goor), Stanislav Vlcek (46' Thomas Chatelle)
AA Gent:Bojan Jorgacevic, Jonas De Roeck (85' Randall Azofeifa), Aleksandar Mutavdzic, Roberto Rosales, Marko Suler, Milos Maric, Bryan Ruiz, Bernd Thijs, Khalilou Fadiga (74' Gil Vermouth), Dominic Foley, Adekanmi Olufade (74' Zlatan Ljubijankic)

Yellow cards: 12' Bernd Thijs, 73' Ahmed Hassan, 74' Jelle Van Damme, 82' Mbark Boussoufa
Red cards: /

Referee: Gumienny
Stadium: Koning Boudewijnstadion



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