Your long throw ins are another bonus, Jan.
"Yes, that's true. We now have a couple of tall players in our squad who know how to head a ball. Defenders like Fré Frans and Stipe Radic love going forward. This is new because a couple of seasons ago, with KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk and coach Marc Brys, we didn't have those kind of players. Hernan Losada and Mo Messoudi were rather small and also Jaric Schaessens didn't like headers. Striker Simon Vermeiren was our only tall guy in the team... but he preferred receiving low balls instead of balls in the air. It is actually at AA Gent they optimised my long throw in abilities. They had a special "throw in coach" at the time, who taught me."
Beerschot face AA Gent on Sunday night, Tarik Tissoudali's new team.
"That will prove to be an interesting match in the match. Tarik is not just an exceptional good player, he is a great guy as well and hugely respected by everyone at the club. It is such a pity he not longer plays for Beerschot. We miss him in every sense of the word. With his technical abilities he could break open a game, his understanding with Rapha Holzhauser was exceptional, both on and off the field."
Text: Danny Geerts