Saturday 28th November 2008, Dender-Anderlecht, 85th minute, Anderlecht goalkeeper Daniel Zitka goes down badly. The inevitable diagnosis: a broken fibula and a heavy ankle injury. A months-long convalesce awaits the goalie. "I immediately knew that it was serious", said Zitka, when we asked him to look back on that night. "I know my body and I was sure that it was not the kind of injury that heals within two weeks."

Rubenilson Dos Santos Da Rocha, also known as Kanu, seemed to be immediately heading for a first-string position at RSCA during preparation. An injury, however, threw a spanner in the works. He underwent knee surgery and had to deal with a toe injury. All the same, the 21-year-old striker is fit again. "That injury was a mental blow", said Kanu. "Especially the timing of the injury was very unfortunate. I was not feeling well mentally nor physically, it was a disaster for me and I had a hard time accepting the injury."

Belgium will face Finland on Saturday 13 October 2007 as part of the preliminary rounds of Euro 2008. Ex-Anderlecht-defender Hannu Tihinen, who is preparing the match with his national team in Waver, has taken the time to answer to our questions.

Christian Wilhelmsson has been sidelined for almost a month due to the thigh injury he sustained in Gran Canaria last January. The young Swedish player has almost completely recovered from that injury and is determined to capture his first title with Anderlecht this season. Wednesday 18 February I had an interview with the 24-years old ambitious Swedish international.