Alexandre Carl

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The Charleroi Gazette

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Charleroi throw away a 2-goal lead

2 in front and in complete control, and it finished with Mouscron the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that Charleroi will enjoy reviewing.

Player ratings

A brace, and Aurélien Scheidler takes the afternoon — 9.58

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Aurélien Scheidler provided it, and the 9.58 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

The dugout

Alexandre Carl keeps the receipts

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

Squad

Romain Amalfitano 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 Charleroi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Joris Delle 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

Aurélien Scheidler is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.31 with 11 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Antoine Colassin

Marked 8.87 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

The dugout

Joris Delle 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.

Player ratings

Patrick Pflücke was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

In brief

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The Charleroi Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Joris Delle keeps Charleroi in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market

Charleroi say no — this time

The offer from Club Brugge for Aurélien Scheidler was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Transfer targets

Fee done, terms next for Eden Courtois

Charleroi and KV Oostende have settled on $1.4M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Transfer targets

Charleroi make their move for Adrián Palacios

$2.0M on the table at Racing Genk. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Matthieu Epolo

Charleroi asked and Standard Liege said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Transfer targets

Pierce Charles turns down Charleroi

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Manchester City keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad

Words exchanged at Charleroi

Sacha Farruggia and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

Words at Charleroi training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Aiham Ousou is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match

Club Brugge take the points off Charleroi

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

In brief

  • The dugout Alexandre Carl gets it from the manager
  • Squad Too much change too quickly at Charleroi
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict