BEING BELGIAN: It's great no matter what the rest of you think

What a week. Anderlecht humble Athletic Bilbao 4-0, Standard survive in Salzburg to accompany their great Brussels rivals through to the next round of the Europa League, and while Club Bruges exited European competition it took extra time for Valencia to finally get the better of them. All of which is non-news compared to the revelation that Jupiler is sponsoring the stadium hoardings during every game the Dutch national team plays during the World Cup. Picture the swaying Oranje masses, hup hup hupping themselves hoarse behind promotion for Belgium’s breakfast beer of choice. Heineken executives on suicide watch. Delirious InBev suits, who dare to dream. But that is for the summer. This weekend it was back to the humdrum of the Jupiler Pro League. With Standard not playing it was an humungous opportunity for their rivals to knock them out of the running for the play-offs. An opportunity that Kortrijk, Sint-Truiden and Zulte Waregem obviously regarded as too good to be true. In a weekend with only 11 goals scored, all three drew. Bottlers, as John Terry’s mates might label them. More ballsy were Anderlecht who recovered from going a goal down at ‘red lantern’ (bottom club) Roeselare to win 2-1. Results below, table here.

Germinal Beerschot 1 – 1 AA Gent
Lokeren 1 – 0 Westerlo
Cercle Brugge 1 – 0 Racing Genk
KV Mechelen 1 – 1 Kortrijk
Sint Truiden 1 – 1 Club Bruges
Charleroi 0 - 0  Zulte Waregem
Roeselare 1 - 2 Anderlecht