Lierse drew 1-1 at Turnhout on Tuesday evening in their 6th pre-season match for the 2008-09 season.
The coaching staff rested the players who played the whole match on Sunday against Dender, so there was a whole new starting eleven.
For Turnhout, Lierse loan player Develer started the match, he was replaced a quarter of an hour from the end by Omar Rabie, another player under contract at Lierse.

In a good end to end first half it was Lierse who quickly took the lead after triallist Skokri was able to profit from a bad back pass, and coolly made it 0-1. Turnhout equalised on the half hour from a nice shot from Janssens.

In the second half there were fewer chances, and the match became more bitty. A weak referee denied Lierse a cast iron penalty after a blatant foul on Rimkus.

Turnhout : Horsten, Tamsin, Vandenbergh, Develer (’75 Omar), Ven, Janssens (45′ Bemba), Cicilia, Moons, Loyens, De Schutter and Boekcx

Lierse : Vanderjeugt, Daye (’45 Donnie), Weuts, Janssens, Samir, El Baily, Meyers, Wahed, Bojovic, Rimkus, Skokry (45′ Numan, 85′ Ventose)

Lierse fielded three triallists during the match against Turnhout.
Donnie Arthur: the Nigerian striker got a second opportunity after playing for half the match vs Dender, but disappointed.
Islam Skokry: A 25-yr old Egyptian striker, who previously played for, amongst others, Arab Contracters. He scored the only Lierse goal of the game, and played a decent first half.
Daye Prince: A 30-yr old French-Liberian striker, made a moderate impression

Michel Nkuman, the young Angolan striker who has played in several of Lierse’s pre-season matches, picked up a serious injury in the match at Turnhout last night.
Nkuman suffered the injury just before the final whistle, after a duel with a Turnhout defender. A first diagnosis from the Lierse medical staff at the scene indicated a cruciate ligament tear and kneecap injury, which will keep Nkuman out of action for 6 months. Nkuman was immediately taken to hospital, where a definitive diagnosis will be made.