Today, 24th April, goalkeeper Sven Van der Jeugt (14/09/80) has signed a new 3-year contract with K.Lierse S.K.

The club is very happy. Sporting Director Neel De Ceulaer:

“Sven is a class keeper. Moreover he’s playing a strong season and he has more than once won us points. With this contract extension (Van der Jeugt has been with Lierse since 2006, and was out of contract at the end of the season) Lierse wants to show its appreciation to Sven. But Sven isn’t just an outstanding goal keeper. He also has the right fighting mentality and is undoubtedly one of our key players at the moment. He’s also especially a team player. In short, a guy with a positive attitude. Sven himself is also happy with his contract extension. He wants to participate further in building on the structure in place here, and steer us as quickly as possible back to the First division.”

Lierse captain Chris Janssens had to leave the field injured after 65 mins of Wednesday’s game vs Union. Today the medical staff gave their diagnosis, and it appears that the seriousness of the injury is not too bad.
The calf muscles are sore, but there is no sprain, and Janssens should be fit for Saturdays game at Geel.

Yoni Buyens and Seth De Witte were also unable to train with the squad today. Buyens still had a problem with a hip injury, and is doubtful for Saturdays match. De Witte has a contusion in the quadriceps, but in theory should be match fit for Saturday.

This morning the coaching staff had a talk with Charlie Miller, who refused to be on the bench on Wednesday. The coaching staff made their view clear. On Friday afternoon there will be a meeting between the club management and the Scot.

Lierse striker Jurgen Cavens started on the bench, came on at half-time for Develer, and scored the second goal to make it 2-0. After the match he gave his reaction to Lierse.com:

Cavens: ”Foremost I’m very happy for the group with this victory, we won against a stubborn Union, that made it anything but easy for us. The first half was very difficult, and we couldn’t get through a well organised Union.
The second half we knocked the ball around quicker, and scored the goal to make it 1-0 pretty quickly.”
You scored your first goal for Lierse this season
Cavens: “That’s a serious weight off my shoulders, the fans expect a lot of me, and they may. Up to now I haven’t been able to bring what was expected of me, I hope that this is now a new start.”

You started today on the bench, had you expected that?
Cavens: “I played a very mediocre match on Saturday, so you know then that that can happen. I have to look fully at myself fo what goes wrong, I get all the faith invested in me that I need here, so it’s not down to that.
I just need to up my level, and in that I’ve hopefully today made a a first step in the right direction. I’ve taken a bit of revenge today, especially for myself.”

Antwerp drew 3-3, Lierse closed the gap on them to 3 points:
Cavens: “We had said before the match, that with Antwerp playing 3 away matches, everything is still possible.
They’ve immediately dropped points in the first of the three, so the paly-offs remain in view. It’s still somewhat early, but we have it back in our own hands now really: if we win the rest of our matches, including the game at Antwerp, then we’ll be in the play-offs.”

On Lierse TV you can watch footage of the first and second half.