17-year old left back Glenn Smet, who has been loaned to KV Turnhout by Lierse, debuted on Sunday in Turnhout’s first pre-season match vs First Division Dender, which ended 2-2. Smet came on at half time, and played a more than decent 45 minutes. Omar and Develer didn’t feature, they were both injured.

After a quarter of an hour Ven chested the ball down to Mbemba, who finished beautifully. Both teams continued to create outright chances, but further goals did not come, and the home team went in to halftime with a 1-0 lead.
Dender put the situation right after the break, with goals from Wittesaele and De Petter. Twelve minutes from time Noyen found himself clear in front of goal, Martinovic was able to save his first attempt, but Ven scored from the rebound. So this attractive friendly ended 2-2, a good result for Turnhout, who have only had 4 training sessions so far.

Turnhout: Claesse, Boeckx, Vandenbergh (Tamsin 58′), Loyens, De Schutter (Smet 45′), Moons, Proost, Cicilia (Kuipers 71′), Janssens, Mbemba (Noyen 45′), Ven