Kenyan international Joseph Okumu won his first silverware with KAA Gent after his side emerged victorious over Vincent Kompany’s RSC Anderlecht in the Belgium Cup final played on Monday.The match had to be decided on penalties after the two sides played to a barren draw in both regular time and extra time, with Gent being the better side from the spot to win 4-3.For the final match, the defender featured all 120 minutes despite having missed the season-ender against OH Leuven just over a week ago.THAT CUP WINNING FEELING! 🔵⚪😍 #COBW #GntAnd #CrokyCup #ZijdeGeried pic.twitter.com/EN7bHxlNS1— KAA Gent (@KAAGent) April 18, 2022 Julien De Sart, Andreas Hanche Olsen, Alession Castro-Montes, and Darko Lemajic scored their spot kicks for Gent with Sergio Gomez, Benito Raman, and Marco Kana finding the back of the net for Anderlecht in that order.Only Michael Ngadeu missed his penalty for the Buffaloes as Josh Cullen and Michael Murillo failed to convert for the other side.On their way to the final, Gent saw off Club Brugge, Standard Liège, Lommel, and Belisia Bilzen in the semi-final, quarterfinal, Round of 32, and Round of 64 respectively. EXCLUSIVE: From Kenya to the world – Okumu speaks after sealing Belgium moveOn the other hand, Anderlecht displaced RAAL La Louvière, RFC Seraing, Kortrijk and AS Eupen in that particular order from the Round of 64 to the semis.Gent finished the league fifth on the log with 62 points and will be fighting for a EUROPA conference League slot in the playoffs starting next weekend.
