Anderlecht has a new fan favorite: Lukas Ambros. The Czech midfielder is a skilled player with excellent feet and a good view. He scored his first goal for Anderlecht in the match against PAOK. Anderlecht has a new artist. Summer signing Lukas Ambros (22) seems to already be the new fan favorite of the red and white. The Czech midfielder combines soft feet with a huge drive. "Pressure? It's just how you handle it." Nowhere do they treat an artist as much as at Anderlecht. No wonder that there were already shirts to be seen in the Lotto Park on Thursday evening with the name of Lukas Ambros printed on them. His first matches were particularly promising - the Czech showed himself to be a fine-tuned player with excellent feet, a good view and a strong work ethic. Bet that the fanshop of the red and white will soon be able to mention his name a bit more often. In the won match against PAOK, Ambros was the absolute standout. With a great goal - he turned with a body movement away from two attackers and then shot accurately into the short corner - as the icing on the cake. "My teammates said at halftime in the locker room that I sometimes just have to shoot. Well, I did that now", beamed Ambros after the match in the mixed zone, where he had to take many photos with fans. "Normally, I always try to play someone else, but now I went for my own chance. It was no crossing goal, but a goal is a goal. Or is it important that I scored my first goal? (shrugs) The only thing that matters is winning." ## Why is Lukas Ambros so important for Anderlecht? Ambros seems to already be a welcome goal for Anderlecht. The red and white brought the midfielder for 5 million from the Polish Górnik Zabrze, where he made a strong impression over two seasons after a breakthrough at Wolfsburg failed to materialize. In the Lotto Park, the international made a quick start. Remarkable. Because how many promising newcomers have not buckled under the intense pressure of the Anderlecht institution in recent years? There seems to be little of that for Ambros. "It's about how you handle pressure", he frames it. "Look, I know the fans expect something when they come to the stadium. That's logical - they pay for a ticket and are always on the pitch. But I don't carry that burden on my shoulders." The taste maker even deliberately chose a transfer to Anderlecht due to the club's illustrious past. "I had a few options", Ambros said. "With my agent, I went over all the possibilities. My preference went to Anderlecht, because it's the biggest club in Belgium. I want to help them get back to the top like they used to." ## What's next? The players, including Lukas, were real warriors. With the Czech as a trailblazer. "The team is growing", Ambros sees. "There's a lot of quality around and we've also shown that we can fight." That was also underscored by coach Vitor Bruno after the analysis: "The players, including Lukas, were real warriors. That's the most important thing. Someone with Lukas' talent has to be given more freedom. Lukas is very good on the ball and knows the goal, but he still has to learn to make more use of it by taking more risks."