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FIRST LEAGUE WIN OF THE SEASON

BEERSCHOT - SERAING  3 - 0

Finally. Our first threepointer of the season. And it was a well deserved one. Beerschot swept aside Seraing with a great performance, a big heart, high intensity, lots of character and good football. Our Mannekes created chances galore from which they 'only' converted three. Rapha Holzhauser broke the deadlock halfway in the first half, Marius Noubissi sealed the victory with two late goals. Three-nil, this must be the start of our fight back. Beerschot's season starts here and now.

Beerschot set the pace right from the start, with high pressure, some good combinations on both wings and loads of self belief. With four good chances... but no goal as Dom headed wide, Shankland couldn't control a good through ball and Holzhauser missed two golden opportunities. Seraing reacted with a dangerous header from  Bernier but Vanhamel saved.

Halfway the first half Holzhauser scored the all important and well deserved opening goal when he put the ball in the net after Seraing goalkeeper Dietsch messed up. Our very first home goal of the season it was. The wait was finally over. After 563 frustrating minutes. The first time we were in the lead this season as well. Huge relief in the Olympic Stadium. Beerschot kept up the pressure and pushed Seraing back in their box. Holzhauser again and Vaca failed to score a second.

Same story after the break, with Beerschot in command... but failing to score. Van den Bergh and Shankland came close early on in  the second half but were denied by Dietsch. Caicedo's impressive 30 yarder went wide and Vaca finished poorly after a nice Holzhauser move and back pass. We had to wait until the last quarter of the game before victory was sealed. "Super Sub" Marius Noubissi was our hero when he scored twice in the space of three minutes after rushes through the middle and clinical low shots. Three-nil, time to get the party started in the stands.

In the final minute Holzhauser saw his penalty saved by Dietsch. Nobody cared about his miss though. It was celebration time all round. A win at last. The wait is over.

ATTENDANCE: 7.000
REFEREE: Vandamme
GOALS: 23' Holzhauser 1-0, 78' Noubissi 2-0, 81' Noubissi 3-0
BEERSCHOT: Vanhamel, Halaimia, Radic, Bourdin, Van den Bergh (90+3' Konstantopoulos), Pietermaat, Caicedo (85' De Smet), Dom (75' Coulibaly), Holzhauser, (90+3' Sanyang) Vaca, Shankland (75' Noubissi)
SERAING: Dietscxh, Kilota (65' Sambu Mansoni), Mikautadze, Bernier, Lahssaini (46' Mouandilmadji), Nadrani, Boulenger, Del Fabrio, Jallow (85' Pierrot), Cissé, Maziz
YELLOW CARDS: Cissé, Boulenger
RED CARDS: geen

By Danny Geerts
Photo: Jan Mees

 

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