After the 3-1 victory vs Ostend, Lierse.com has collated some news snippets.
• The most noteworthy guest on the Lisp on Saturday evening was Ahmed Hassan.
The Anderlecht playmaker , who won the African Cup of Nations 2 weeks ago with Egypt, was invited to attend this match by Maged Samy. Hassan’s two sons train with Wadi Degla football school (watch the footage of the visit of Egypts superstar Ahmed Hassan. )
• A few other famous faces on the Lisp Saturday evening, ex-Lierse trainer René Trost, cartoonist and Ostend board member Kamagurka, and Marc Coucke (CEO Omega Pharma).
• Lierse’s top scorer Mustapha Jarju received his third yellow card of the season against Ostend. After a push from Stassin, Jarju retaliated with a push, and both players received yellow. As a result, Jarju will miss the away game at O. Charleroi next Saturday.
• The opening goal was scored by Petar Bojovic, his first goal of the season.
Bojovic was visibly delighted with his goal: “Last week at Doornik I also came close, but today it came good. Many matches are decided on small details, and that’s why we practice set pieces at training. We now have many technical players who can take good free kicks and corners, so that with our aerial power we get more chances to score. If you look at the other results, we’ve made progress up the league, and we’re not out of the running for the play-offs.”
• Two assists came from Lorenzo Rimkus, the first was from a corner which led to Bojovic’s goal, the second from a free kick which lead to a headed goal from Jarju.
Rimkus: “I’m really pleased with my performance, although there’s always room for improvement. It’s notable that we scored three times from set pieces, but we have the players to do that. It didn’t go too well in the first half, but in the second half we played some good football at times.”
• After his place in the starting line up last week, Chris Janssens was back on the subs bench. Trainer Helleputte explained at the post-match press conference: “It was difficult to put Chris back on the bench, but he understood my decision. He said that if he had been Lierse trainer, he would have done the same. You saw today that he was able to make more of a difference, after he came on there was more fire in the match. His role is perhaps somewhat different, now that he won’t always come into contention for a starting place. For example, Chris leads the warm up before the match. Chris will remain of great importance to Lierse.” (The full interview with Helleputte can be seen on Lierse tv).
• Lierse had organized a youth promotion for this match. It was a success, the young supporters were given places in the O-section of the ground. The total attendance on Saturday was around 6,000.
• After the match as the players were leaving the field, Ostend player Pecqueux argued with the referee, who will no doubt include this in his match report.
• Two minor injuries to note after the game. Frans had a thigh problem, Miller a calf problem. Samir continues to train with the squad, Cavens is still following an individual training programme.
