Sandy Walsh's Third Appearance With Sweet Fruits, KV Mechelen Hajar Charleroi 5-2

Sandy Walsh was played when KV Mechelen beat Charleroi 5-2 in the Belgian Pro League (Instagram/@sandywalsh).

JAKARTA - Sandy Walsh was played when KV Mechelen destroyed Charleroi 5-2 in the sixth week of the 2024/2025 Belgian Pro League at Achter de Kazerne, Saturday, August 31, 2024, WIB night.

The 29-year-old played 22 minutes. He came on to replace centre-back Bas Karel Van den Eynden in the 68th minute.

Sandy solidly maintained a 4-2 lead plus helped Mechelen close the party with the last goal in the 79th minute to seal a 5-2 win.

KV Mechelen opened the scoring when the game had only been running for 11 minutes through Nikola Storm. However, the visitors managed to equalize in the 33rd minute through Daan Heymans.

Four minutes later, Mechelen took the lead again through the penalty goal of Kerim Mrabti. Again, that advantage did not last long.

One minute later, Charleroi identified the score 2-2 after Parfait Guiagon broke into the host's goal.

However, Mechelen closed the break with the advantage after Nikola Storm made a brace in the 45th minute.

In the second half, Mechelen started to move away. In the 57th minute, Rob Schoffs who provided the assist for the team's first goal entered the scoreboard.

Comfortable with a two-goal advantage, coach Besnik Hasi refreshes. One of them is at the defense post to maintain a distance.

Sandy Walsh was also included to keep the defense strong. You see, Charleroi is more active in attacks than Mechelen.

The visitors were recorded to have fired 25 shots compared to Mechelen's 11. Luckily, the attack was not very effective considering only six of them were on target.

Instead of getting closer to the distance by bombarding Mechelen's bailout, Charleroi conceded again 11 minutes before normal time was over.

Benito Raman closed Mechelen's goal party to ensure a 5-2 victory.

The victory brought Mechelen to continue the positive trend into two league straight wins. In the fifth week, they beat Yesterday with a narrow score of 1-0.

That note allows Mechelen to improve their position in the standings. Currently, they are in eighth place with eight points from the results of two wins, two draws, and two defeats.

Meanwhile, Sandy Walsh has played three times for KV Mechelen in the Belgian Pro League this season. Two of them appeared as substitutes and one starteder.

Previously, the Indonesian national team defender played in the first week of the league as a starter. Sandy Walsh was on the field for 62 minutes against Club Brugge.

Three weeks after the league opener, Sandy Walsh was only on the line. He was not fielded by coach Besnik Hasi when he met KVC Westerlo (loss 2-4), Standard Liege (0-0 line), and Andrleptatt (1-3 loss).

Sandy Walsh's second appearance only took place in the fifth week againstikarp. At that time, he was a substitute in the 77th minute.

Apart from that, Sandy Walsh is on the call list for the Indonesian national team for the Third Round of the 2026 World Cup Qualification in the Asian Zone.

After facing Charleroi, Sandy Walsh will join the Garuda Squad. He will immediately fly to Saudi Arabia to play the opening match of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers.

As is known, Indonesian national team players who played abroad immediately joined a training camp in Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, players from the domestic league gathered first in Jakarta.