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The Olympic Charleroi Courier

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Adrien Saussez keeps Olympic Charleroi in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

The dugout

Antonio Théa keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Olympic Charleroi may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Myung-jun Kim is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad

A falling-out at Olympic Charleroi

Myung-jun Kim and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match

Olympic Charleroi are shipping goals every week

Two or more conceded in each of the last 4 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.

Match

Indy Boonen’s goal not enough for Olympic Charleroi

Indy Boonen scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Eupen, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad

A row about effort at Olympic Charleroi

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jonás Ramalho was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑2 defeat, delivered by Dries Doku to a room that had heard them before.

The dugout

A promise honoured at Olympic Charleroi

Something was said to Myung-jun Kim and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.

In brief

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The Olympic Charleroi Courier

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

A brace, and Indy Boonen takes the afternoon — 8.52

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Indy Boonen provided it, and the 8.52 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad

6 saves: Adrien Saussez was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Match

Olympic Charleroi see off RFC Liege

Three points for Olympic Charleroi, 3‑2 the final word against RFC Liege in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Thomas Ephestion in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Olympic Charleroi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces

Olympic Charleroi supporters have found a favourite in Myung-jun Kim

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Myung-jun Kim has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings

Oliver Šarkić did the work nobody counts — 6.93

10 combined actions and 6.93. The job he did is the one that shows up as other people looking good, and the only reliable way to notice it is to watch what happens on the afternoons he is missing.

The dugout

Kyllian Gasnier gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Jonás Ramalho falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at Olympic Charleroi

7 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

In brief