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Royale Union Saint-Gilloise edge Anderlecht in extra time to win Belgian Cup

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Union Saint-Gilloise struck ⁠twice in extra time to beat Anderlecht 3-1 on ‌Thursday and lift the Belgian ‌Cup for the second ‌time in three years.

[p]Substitutes [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fuseini-mohammed/WGjCvAZ0/"]‌Mohammed Fuseini[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rodriguez-kevin/zidM8dFE/"]Kevin Rodriguez[/a] ‌scored in the first 10 minutes of extra ‌time after the two ⁠sides ‌were level at 1-1 after ​90 minutes.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/royale-union-sg/407h8Ird/"]Union[/a] took the lead in the ​74th minute through Argentine defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mac-allister-kevin/GzWCWmPN/"]Kevin Mac Allister[/a] ⁠after ​they had dominated proceedings.[/p][embed guid="55cce61c-794c-47fa-902a-b9394b997c22" url="https://x.com/UnionStGilloise/status/2054951959698780606" social-type="twitter" /][p]Earlier, they had a glancing header into the net from ‌a free kick by English-born captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/burgess-christian/SCEs1NGC/"]Christian Burgess[/a] ruled out for offside following a lengthy VAR review.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/anderlecht/vslqAKNo/"]Anderlecht[/a], whose supporters halted proceedings during the match with the smoke from their ‌pyrotechnics making it hard ​for the players to ‌see, equalised in the 80th minute from a set piece, finished off by Mihajlo Cvetkovic.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="3cc6329c-899f-4ea7-aba1-d5cb88496531" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="69855179-3b73-4a30-8fa3-23f0a7de0fcb" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/anderlecht-vslqAKNo/royale-union-sg-407h8Ird/?mid=jqZGasCF"]Catch up on the match with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]

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