Hendrik Van Crombrugge was present on the set of La Tribune. The Anderlecht goalkeeper spoke about the qualification for the Champions Playoffs of the band at Vincent Company. “We celebrated quite a bit with the supporters from the final whistle. But today, we weren’t on leave, there was a clean-up for everyone.” The player spoke of the requirement that arises from wearing the Sporting d’Anderlecht crest. “Anderlecht has not lost its status in recent seasons, but we have to confirm it every year that we are still a big club. It is the big clubs that are present over the long term.”
The player immersed himself for a moment in Sunday evening’s match against Kortrijk. At half-time, the people of Brussels were trailing. “We didn’t talk about the Ghent result: we said to ourselves that we shouldn’t panic. A match can last 95 minutes and we can make the difference on ball recovery in just five seconds.”
More of the rational kind, Van Crombrugge established himself as captain of Sporting. He is Kompany’s relay on the pitch. “When Lysander Magellan arrived in the team, we decided to switch to Spanish as the language to communicate between the defenders. Spanish, I learned it in Eupen, because there were a lot of Spanish speakers who played there, in addition to the staff who spoke Spanish. It’s one of the five languages I speak now (Editor’s note: with English, Dutch, French and German)”.