Yusuf Alhassan key to Royal Antwerp’s first league crown

Alhassan Yusuf won 2022/2023 Belgian Jupiler league title with Royal Antwerp after their 2-2 draw with KRC Genk on Sunday.

Alhassan Yusuf played his part in the hotly contested game at the Cegeka Arena, coming on came on as a second half substitute.

It wss his 27th appearance for the Mark Van Bommel’s team in the league this season.

Genk needs outright win to be Champions after Union Saint-Gilloise had lost 3-1 to Club Brugge, while a draw will be enough for Royale Antwerp.

Nigerian forward Tolu Arokodare got the first goal of the game for Genk in the first half, converting a pass from Bilal El Khannous on the stroke of half time.

Gyrano Kerk restored parity for Antwerp in the second half, but Bryan Heynen put Genk back in front late in the game.

Genk were just two minutes away from being declared Champions, before Toby Alderwereid scored a stunning long range shot in 94th minute to hand the title over to Antwerp.

It was Royal Antwerp’s first league title since 1957. They also won the Belgian cup earlier in the season.

As for Arokodare and Genk, they’ll be playing in UEFA Champions League qualification round next season.

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Yusuf Alhassan key to Royal Antwerp’s first league crown

Alhassan Yusuf won 2022/2023 Belgian Jupiler league title with Royal Antwerp after their 2-2 draw with KRC Genk on Sunday.

Alhassan Yusuf played his part in the hotly contested game at the Cegeka Arena, coming on came on as a second half substitute.

It wss his 27th appearance for the Mark Van Bommel’s team in the league this season.

Genk needs outright win to be Champions after Union Saint-Gilloise had lost 3-1 to Club Brugge, while a draw will be enough for Royale Antwerp.

Nigerian forward Tolu Arokodare got the first goal of the game for Genk in the first half, converting a pass from Bilal El Khannous on the stroke of half time.

Gyrano Kerk restored parity for Antwerp in the second half, but Bryan Heynen put Genk back in front late in the game.

Genk were just two minutes away from being declared Champions, before Toby Alderwereid scored a stunning long range shot in 94th minute to hand the title over to Antwerp.

It was Royal Antwerp’s first league title since 1957. They also won the Belgian cup earlier in the season.

As for Arokodare and Genk, they’ll be playing in UEFA Champions League qualification round next season.

If you use the quotes from this content, you legally agree to give www.brila.net the News credit as the source and a backlink to our story. Copyright 2024 Brila Media.



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