Forest, Belgium: Union Saint Gilloise ranks top in the Belgian Pro League with 19 points. Yesterday, on Matchday 9, Les Unionistes defeated club Charleroi by 3-1 and gained another three points with three wins, 1 loss and 1 draw in their last five games.
At Stade Joseph Marien, the home ground of club Union Saint Gilloise, Ross Sykes, the 24-year-old English footballer, scored the opening goal in 17th minute, providing his team an early lead.
Cameron Puertas, the Swedish, took the free kick. He delivered a fascinating delivery that turned into a goal by Sykes with an astonishing header.
The equalizer from Charleroi came in 28th minute. Parfait Guiagon, the Ivorian footballer, scored a beautiful goal dribbling through Gilloise’s defence. He did an excellent finishing putting the ball into home team’s nets.
Both teams kept pushing to score another goal and take the lead. Charleroi almost succeeded in taking the lead in 38th minute. During a VAR check, the referee declared the goal offside.
The home team successfully retook the lead in (45+4) in the extra time: another free kick and another header by Ross Sykes. Later, the match official blew the half-time whistle. Charleroi had better ball control and completed more passes in first half than Gilloise, but down to 1 goal.
Just after beginning of second half, another header was scored by Christian Burgess (3-1). The home team maintained the two-goal lead until the final whistle and sealed their third consecutive victory in Belgian Pro League.
Union Saint Gilloise moved to rank 1 in Belgian Pro League with 19 points followed by Gent FC. The De Buffalos had same 19 points.
