With Beerschot starting the 2020-2021 season in the First Division, we look back at our club’s history and turn the spotlight on a corresponding fixture from yesteryear…
Today: Sint-Truiden - Beerschot - Eupen, season 2011-2012
GOALS GALORE… AND BEERSCHOT WINS
The STVV-Beerschot game from nine years ago was an obvious choice in our search for a spectacular encounter from the past. Six goals, seven yellow cards and a Beerschot win,… nothing else mattered.
From Beerschot’s point of view the first half was poor. Sint-Truiden were by far the better team and Stijn Stijnen produced a handful good saves on shots from Mennes, Reza and Dufer. After the break it was Beerschot who took control. Hernan Losada set the pace with two goals in the fourth quarter, both right footed shots in the left bottom corner. A penalty foul from Sherjill MacDonald – who had set up Losada for his second goal minutes earlier – brought STVV back in the game.
The intensity of the game mounted: ref Colemonts produced seven yellow cards and sent off STVV head coach Franky Van der Elst for dissent. Beerschot kept their cool though and clinched the three points with a wonderful chip from Adnan Custovic deep in injury time.
SATURDAY 15 OCTOBER 2011 – STAYEN STADIUM
SINT-TRUIDEN – BEERSCHOT 2 – 4
ATTENDANCE: 8.286
REFEREE: Colemonts
GOALS: 54’ Losada 0-1, 60’ Losada 0-2, 65’ Ghoochanejhad 1-2 (strafschop), 69’ Sidibe 1-3, 90’ Okotie 2-3, 90+4’ Custovic 2-4
SINT-TRUIDEN: Verhulst, Euvrard, Iandoli, Buysens, Ngawa, Mennes, Dufer (74’ Okotie), Kotysch (84’ Garcia-Calvete), Schouterden, Ghoochanejhad, Christ
BEERSCHOT: Stijnen, Van der Heyden, Mikulic, Kagelmacher, Malul, De Decker, Losada (90’ Custovic), Nyoni, Angeli (74’ Delic), Sidibe, MacDonald (85’ Porokara)
YELLOW CARDS: De Decker, Mikulic, Sidibe, Kotysch, Losada, Dufer, Mennes
Anderlecht were crowned champions at the end of that 2011-2012 season, with Beerschot finishing in 11th place. With the following squad: Tomislav Pacovski, Stijn Stijnen, Kristof Maes, Tresor Diowo, Dries Wuytens, Jon Fjoluson, Tomislav Mikulic, Dor Malul, Peter Van der Heyden, Wim de Decker, Vusumuzi Nyoni, Hernan Losada, Alpeslan Öztürk, Uros Delic, Johanna Omolo, Roni Porokara, Arnor Angeli, Sherjill MacDonald, Roy Dayan, Guillaume François, Rodrigo Rojas, Conor Laerenbergh, Ibrahima Sidibe, Adnan Custovic.
Beerschot’s top goalscorers were Losada 13, MacDonald 7, Dayan and Sidibe 6 each.
The technical staff consisted of Jacky Mathijsssen (who was sacked in March 2012) and assistents Wim De Corte and Jan Van Winckel. Pierre Thijssen was goalkeepers’ coach.
Sint-Truiden, our opponents on the night, were relegated to Division 2.
By Danny Geerts
