Anderlecht is without a shadow of a doubt the biggest team in Belgium.
It has won 34 championships throughout its history but the last one was in the 2016/17 season, which makes its audience in recent years quite frustrated by the lack of success.
On Sunday, she played her first game of the season and beat Ostend 0:2.
Now, after the victory, the Belgian media are trying to get some perspective regarding the method in which the coach Felicia Mazzo will play this season, and among other things, they also referred to the role of Lior Rafalov in the formation of the purple-whites.
Those who made a great impression in the first game of the season were the acquired players - Sebastiano Esposito who came on loan from Inter and the midfielder Fabio Silva who came on loan from the English Wolves, so according to the website Voetbalnieuws, these are the reasons why the 36-year-old Rafaelov is not expected to see a place in the lineup, at least not at the beginning of the season.
Is this the man who will make Rafaelov sit on the bench? Watch Silva's debut goal:
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"Rafalov should fear for his place. Despite his age, the former Golden Shoe winner was one of the decisive players last season, but now he has to fear due to the promising performance of Silva. You can play with Rafalov as a joker, but even in this respect his fight will not be easy. Benito Raman, for example, provides much more depth, which is more in line with Mazzo's philosophy and within the club a lot is expected of the young Mario Struikens.
The article also referred to Anderlecht's desire to advance to the group stage of the conference, where Rafalov could gain significant minutes.
"It is to be hoped that Anderlecht can qualify for the group stage in Europe, because if not it will be a very quiet season for Rafalov."
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