The Mouscron Gazette
Match28 Sep 2026
Every point is an argument now for Mouscron
Position 15 and 7 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Charles Lukaku 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 Mouscron this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Thorgan Onana 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.
Match26 Sep 2026
Westerlo take the points off Mouscron
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Youri Lukaku runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad28 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Hans Witsel
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Squad 7 new faces, and Mouscron are still learning each other
- Player ratings Lois Meunier's mistake decides it
- Player ratings Dries Doku ran the game
- Market The Zinho De Bruyne question follows Mouscron around