2021 Belgian Super Cup

2021 Belgian Super Cup

Club Brugge Genk League winners Cup winners 3 2
Date	17 July 2021
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The 2021 Belgian Super Cup is a football match that took place on 17 July 2021 between Club Brugge, the winners of the 2020–21 Belgian First Division A, and Genk, the winners of the 2020–21 Belgian Cup. Genk made its ninth Super Cup appearance after beating Standard Liège in the 2021 Belgian Cup Final on 25 April 2021. For Club Brugge it was its nineteenth Super Cup appearance, and subsequent sixteenth win.

Match

Summary

Both clubs were missing several key players going into the match, most notably Simon Mignolet, Eduard Sobol, Hans Vanaken and Ruud Vormer for Club Brugge; and Gerardo Arteaga, Carlos Cuesta, Eboue Kouassi, Jhon Lucumí, Daniel Muñoz and Kristian Thorstvedt for Genk. As a result, both managers were forced to experiment.

Despite starting with youngsters Noah Mbamba (16) and Odilon Kossounou (20) in central midfield, Club Brugge started strongly and pinned Genk to its own half, however without creating any chances. It was instead Genk who managed to create some danger first, as Paul Onuachu's diving header, following a cross by Ángelo Preciado, sailed narrowly over the bar. Club Brugge kept controlling the match, but with limited attempts on goal to threaten Genk-goalie Maarten Vandevoordt. Just before halftime, Genk again managed to set up a dangerous attack, with new signing Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye finding Bryan Heynen whose pass split open the Club Brugge defense to find Théo Bongonda who easily slotted the ball past 19-year old goalkeeper Senne Lammens. Still before half time, Club Brugge managed to equalize as a corner kick was headed in by Matej Mitrović via Vandevoort. Trésor Ndayishimiye was just late in kicking the ball away as it had already crossed the line.

Club Brugge started the second half in overdrive, knocking out Genk in just a few minutes: Noa Lang was fouled by Preciado in the penalty area and converted the penalty kick himself in absence of Vormer and Vanaken. Immediately thereafter, Clinton Mata extended the lead with a powerful strike which deflected via goalkeeper Vandevoort and the underside of the crossbar into the goal: 3–1. Manager John van den Brom tried to turn the tide using a few substitutions, but could only notice Club Brugge getting stronger and continuing to dominate the match. Mats Rits came close to a fourth for Club Brugge with some 20 minutes to play, but his sneaky freekick hit the outside of the post. Towards the very end of the match, Genk finally was able to create some pressure, with Lammens required to make several strong saves. Eventually, a misunderstanding between Lammens and Mitrović allowed Jere Uronen to score with a blistering strike from about 20 meters, but after that Club Brugge easily held on to win 3–2.

Details

17 July 2021 20:45	Club Brugge	3–2	Genk	Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jonathan Lardot
	Mitrović  45+3' Lang  48' (pen.) Mata  50'	Report	Bongonda  44' Uronen  90+3'

GK 91 Senne Lammens RB 77 Clinton Mata 88' CB 15 Matej Mitrović CB 44 Brandon Mechele LB 18 Federico Ricca MF 90 Charles De Ketelaere 66' MF 72 Noah Mbamba 77' MF 26 Mats Rits MF 5 Odilon Kossounou CF 10 Noa Lang 49' 85' MF 29 Bas Dost 77' Substitutes: MF 3 Éder Álvarez Balanta 77' FW 21 David Okereke FW 27 Youssouph Mamadou Badji DF 28 Ignace Van Der Brempt 88' FW 30 Daniel Pérez 77' GK 33 Nick Shinton MF 39 Thomas Van den Keybus MF 55 Maxim De Cuyper GK 81 Henri Maton MF 98 Cisse Sandra 85' Manager: Philippe Clement

GK 26 Maarten Vandevoordt RB 77 Ángelo Preciado 64' CB 3 Mujaid Sadick CB 2 Mark McKenzie LB 6 Simen Juklerød MF 8 Bryan Heynen 59' MF 11 Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye MF 14 Bastien Toma MF 7 Junya Ito 59' FW 18 Paul Onuachu 45' FW 10 Théo Bongonda 75' Substitutes: FW 9 Cyriel Dessers 45' MF 17 Patrik Hrošovský 59' MF 20 Carel Eiting 59' DF 21 Jere Uronen 64' MF 24 Luca Oyen DF 25 Tuur Rommens MF 28 Joseph Paintsil 75' GK 40 Tobe Leysen Manager: John van den Brom

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of ten named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions.

See also

• 2020–21 Belgian First Division A
• 2020–21 Belgian Cup

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