The 2021 Belgian Super Cup is a

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match that took place on 17 July 2021 between

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, the winners of the

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, and Genk, the winners of the

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. Genk made its ninth Super Cup appearance after beating Standard Liège in the 2021 Belgian Cup Final on 25 April 2021. For Club Brugge it was its nineteenth Super Cup appearance, and subsequent sixteenth win.

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Both clubs were missing several key players going into the match, most notably

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, Eduard Sobol,

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and

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for Club Brugge; and Gerardo Arteaga,

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, Jhon Lucumí, Daniel Muñoz and

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for Genk. As a result, both managers were forced to experiment. Despite starting with youngsters

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(16) and

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(20) in central midfield, Club Brugge started strongly and pinned Genk to its own half, however without creating any chances. It was instead Genk who managed to create some danger first, as

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's diving header, following a cross by

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, sailed narrowly over the bar. Club Brugge kept controlling the match, but with limited attempts on goal to threaten Genk-goalie

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. Just before halftime, Genk again managed to set up a dangerous attack, with new signing

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finding

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whose pass split open the Club Brugge defense to find

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who easily slotted the ball past 19-year old goalkeeper

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. Still before half time, Club Brugge managed to equalize as a corner kick was headed in by

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via Vandevoort. Trésor Ndayishimiye was just late in kicking the ball away as it had already crossed the line. Club Brugge started the second half in overdrive, knocking out Genk in just a few minutes:

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was fouled by Preciado in the penalty area and converted the penalty kick himself in absence of Vormer and Vanaken. Immediately thereafter, Clinton Mata extended the lead with a powerful strike which deflected via goalkeeper Vandevoort and the underside of the crossbar into the goal: 3–1. Manager John van den Brom tried to turn the tide using a few substitutions, but could only notice Club Brugge getting stronger and continuing to dominate the match.

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came close to a fourth for Club Brugge with some 20 minutes to play, but his sneaky freekick hit the outside of the post. Towards the very end of the match, Genk finally was able to create some pressure, with Lammens required to make several strong saves. Eventually, a misunderstanding between Lammens and Mitrović allowed

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to score with a blistering strike from about 20 meters, but after that Club Brugge easily held on to win 3–2.

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