Assistant trainer Eric Van Meir gave a short reaction to Lierse.com after the 0-16 win at Pulle.Van Meir: “The score did indeed run up, but hats off to the Pulle players, who hadn’t trained a lot yet, but carried on playing to the end. From our players it was mainly about showing willingness.

You can stil enrol for Miss Lierse, the registration deadline has been extended to 2nd August.
As earlier announced, Lierse are organising on its fanday (09/08) the first Miss Lierse election. Are you a spontaneous
and fun girl over 18 years old, and have a connection with Lierse? Then maybe you’re the Miss we’re looking for!
You can enrol via the link www.lierse.com/miss.htm
After completing the form, don’t forget to mail 2 recent photos to miss@lierse.com.
In the final the Miss candidates will perform a parade, with sport clothes from Jako, and with more formal wear from
See.Point.
Valuable prizes await candidates and the eventual winner. The winner will receive a free trip to Egypt for the Winter
stage, and access to the Lierse Business Club for the whole year.
Don’t hesitate, and enrol now!

Lierse won their first pre-season match this afternoon away to FC Pulle (4th
division provincial) 16-0. Despite the dreadful Bank Holiday weather, there was a massive yellow-black following for the team. There were around 1800 supporters overall.
Lierse scored goals early in the game, but there was a gap to around the half-hour mark for more. It was 0-4 at halftime.

In the second half Lierse quickly extended the lead. Our team had also brought 7 new faces in during the break. Especially during the last 15 minutes, the goals came one after the other. The final count was sixteen.

Summary:

3’ 0-1: Cavens majestically turned the ball into the far top corner with his
left foot.
12’ 0-2: Nikolic put away his first of the afternoon past the Pulle keeper.
13’ Mertens with a header against the bar
14’ Cavens header, saved by the keepers foot.
17’ Nikolic headed against the bar, Cavens unbelievably misses.
18’ Cross from Nedzipi, De Witte heads against the post.
33’ Mertens misses, he shoots at the keeper after an assist from Cavens.
37’ 0-3: Cavens taps a pass from De Graef in.
40’ Buyens shoots at the keeper.
41’ 0-4: Pass from Cavens after a short corner from Nedzipi, Nikolic heads in
via the bar.

52’ 0-5: Nedzipi breaks down the wing and finishes nicely.
53’ 0-6: Free kick Bojovic, Pulle keeper misses the ball
60’ 0-7: Nikolic profits from a keeper error from a shot from Meyers.
61’ 0-8: Penalty + yellow card for Pulle keeper, following a foul on the clean
through De Witte. Nedzipi easily puts away the penalty.
65’ 0-9: Combination Sherif-Cavens, Nikolic finishes off.
70’ 0-10: Tshiala puts double figures on the scoreboard.
75’ 0-11: Sherif shoots in the top corner.
76’ 0-12: Nikolic heads an assist from Samir past the Pulle keeper.
79’ 0-13: Shot on goal from Nedzipi, Cavens heads the rebound in.
80’ 0-14: Samir shoots into the top corner.
82’ 0-15: Nedzipi scores his third.
89’ 0-16: Samir puts the 0-16 final score on the board.

An extensive photo and video report will follow later on the website.

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

The Lierse reserves played their first pre-season friendly on Sunday afternoon under the leadership of Donato Lallo.
This was played at 1st division Provincial side KFC Katelijne. With a young team the Lierse reserves lost 4-0.
In the first half Mamadou Barry, a transfer from Ganshoren, scored a hat trick for Katelijne. Van Campenhout made it 4-0 before half time. During the interval Lierse changed almost the entire starting 11, only Goyvaerts and Van der Veken also played in the second half. There was no further scoring, so the score remained 4-0.

Following pre-season matches:
21/07 - 16.00 PULLE - K.LIERSE S.K (First Team)
23/07 - 19.30 AC Tervant - U19 Lierse
24/07 - 19.00 Verbr-Maasmechelen - Lierse reserves

KFC KATELIJNE:
DAEMS, VAN CAMPENHOUT, VAN DESSEL, VERMEULEN, GOYVAERTS, SMITS, AZEVEDO,
VAN DE PERRE, CONVALLE, NAETS, BARRIJ

K. LIERSE SK.:
SELS (46’ VERVAEKEN), BRAWERS (46’ HAAGEN), GYS (46’ VAN DEN BRANDE), GOYVAERTS,
VAN DEN BROECK (46’ PERSYN), VAN DER VEKEN, STEVANOVIC (46’ DE SWERT),
DE CONINCK (46’ SEELS), MULOP (46’ NKUMAN), KWAAKUM (46’ JANSSENS), ERDEKLI (46’ CAPA)

Goals -
6’ BARRY 1-0
21’ BARRY 2-0
23’ BARRY 3-0
43’ VAN CAMPENHOUT 4-0

Dear Supporters, Today was the last day of the free consumption season tickets, the exact number of sold season tickets reached 2830 at 9 PM when we had to close. Last year, on the same date, the number of paid season tickets was 1904 . We started last season with a total number of 2455 tickets.

This shows the new spirit around Lierse, a 49% increase to last year, and we hope that our team will achieve the same development on the sportive side to meet the expectations of the supporters and the club board.

K. Lierse SK and Wadi Degla are delighted to announce that as a “thank you” for the valuable season tickets holders, 5 season ticket holders will win a free trip to Egypt together with the team during their winter stage in Egypt (30/12 to 7/1) all paid by the club when we reach 3000 paid season tickets. Furthermore, every 500 extra sold season tickets means 5 more similar prices (i.e. 5 for 3000, 10 for 3500, 15 for 4000, …).

The winners will be selected during our first home game against Club Luik on 7-9-2008.

We have placed a counter on the website that will be updated 3 times a day with the season ticket sales results.

Samen Kampioen!

Maged Samy

Lierse trained twice again on Friday. In the morning an intensive cross country run, in the afternoon training at Bevel. During the pitch training the players were split into 3 groups, 2 groups played rotationally foot volleyball, the third group, consisting of forwards and central midfielders, received specific exercises from strikers trainer Nico Jansen. The Dutchman did not hold back, and gave the strikers some sturdy defensive resistment.

Peeters (achilees) and Ventose (knee) did not train.

One long training session on Saturday, with a number of mini matches, from 10.00 to 12.30. On Monday there’s the first pre-season match at Pulle (16.00).

Via this link you can view photos of the training.

The sale of season tickets is still going very well. Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last day that you can receive six free drink tokens with the purchase of your season ticket. The ticket office is open every day, including tomorrow, from 10.00 until 21.00

From today we’ll be bringing you a fortnightly ‘Inside View’, with reports and gossip from Kessel, penned by Eric Van Meir.

The first get together on 9th July was very nice. Many familiar faces but also a number of newcomers. It was immediately noticeable that the group has grown in height. Newcomers Nikolic, Dreesen and Tshiala are lads of about 1.90 m or more… add to them De Witte, Janssens, Peeters and Frans and you can imagine that our “aerial power” this season can cause some damage.
The results of the physical tests which the players have undergone last Monday and Tuesday, are significantly better than those of last July. This would certainly be due to the running schedule that they’ve followed since 25th May. The newcomers also had to undergo medical tests, and so Dr Vervoort was able to devise an individual programme for them. Also Sherif El Bialy, Youssef Fawaz (coming in August) and triallist Mahmoud Barakot (coming once his visa is ok) have undergone a similar test in Egypt. In this way everyone will have a good basic condition to go into the battle to try and win a starting place.
The training sessions in pre-season are always a bit different than during the season. A lot more running (especially in the mornings) than normal, but in the afternoons there is still the pitch training in Bevel. We also don’t play any matches in the first 14 days in order to avoid injuries, but especially to be able to train continuously. The intensity of the trainings will be turned up in the first three weeks. In the 4th week we’ll primarily play matches (Dender, turnhout, Getafe) to get the real feel of match football back. These matches are not results orientated, but are important in respect of tactics, positional play and competition rhythm. On 13th August the main work starts with matches which count. Hamme away, a cup match (hopefully two) and Antwerp away, mean our start is far from easy. But you have to play against every team, ad so the timing is not of the utmost importance. We just have to ensure that we’re ready.

After the first weeks training I shall give a few comments over our newcomers:
Timothy Dreesen - I surely don’t have to introduce him. Timo still has his natural leadership and charisma, but has had a couple of annoying injuries last season. Hopefully he’ll now stay fit.
Julien Tshiala - Played a long season (play-offs with Namen), but has a healthy ambition to not play relegation duels, but against the top teams. He can play on the right flank or centrally.
Stefan Nikolic - Was on trial last season in Moeskroen, a match in which Neel De Ceulaer and Maged Samy were present. This target man is enormously strong and eager for his young age (18). If he can learn to divide his time, and to make the right decisions in the game, this lad can be very important for us.
Garry De Graef - Has a lot of experience, but is by and large unknown to the wider public. After a number of teams in Holland (1st and 2nd division) this proud local lad has come to Lierse via Paderborn (German 2nd division). Garry is an eager left back who will ultimately earn the recognition in his own country which he certainly deserves.
Nderim Nedzipi - was the playmaker of Rabotnicki (league champions and cup winners in Macedonia). This “No. 10″ both scores and makes goals for others. He has a good overview of a game and can infiltrate at the right time.
Sheriff El Bialy - was expected to arrive last January, but visa and army duties kept him in Egypt. Sheriff played for a long time in the USA and therefore has enough experience to be of vital worth. His technical skills, and especially his power of pace will be a thorn in the side for many opponents.
Youssef Fawaz, Agblexo Wisdom and Theeratap Winothai, it’s wait and see. But they’ll certainly be competition for the current squad players. Hopefully the striker that we need to add to the competition in our squad, can help us to compete with the other title candidates in the new EXQI League. It looks a lot rosier than last season in July!

Finally we want to thank everybody that has assured that OUR LIERSE still exists…
I’m not just talking about Maged Samy, Leo Theyskens, Neel De Ceulaer etc, but also to the best supporters in the country. No other team in the world has had to endure as much as K.Lierse S.K. Let’s therefore work on the comeback together….

THE SEVEN MEAGRE YEARS HAVE PASSED!
FORZA LIERSE
TOGETHER CHAMPIONS

Eric Van Meir

Wadi Degla Multisports Projects have built a second Multi sport complex in New Cairo. The complex, situated about 25km from the other Wadi Degla sports complex, was propsed in March, and definitively opened in June. The complex is some 80,000 sq m, and will be enlarged to 125,000 sq m. Just as in Wadi Degla Sporting Club, you can also participate in many sports. Amongst others there is:
1 Official FIFA-licensed artificial football pitch
8 squash courts (including one for doubles)
10 tennis courts
Fitness centre
4 Swimming pools
Covered Sport hall
Basketball court

In the club there is also an Arsenal Soccer School, where young players can receive professional coaching. In the meantime, 3000 families have already joined as members of the club, which brings the total number of families between the two complexes to 9000. wadi Degla Multi Sports Projects have plans for both a third and fourth complex.

The winter traning camp will take place from 30-12 till 07-1, in Marina Wadi Degla.