The Lokeren Chronicle
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Both of them Zinho Lukaku's — 8.49
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.49, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A muscle injury sidelines Eden Witsel for 15 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Lokeren will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Match12 Sep 2026
Zinho Lukaku’s goal not enough for Lokeren
Zinho Lukaku scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to Racing Genk, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Seiji Kimura stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Seiji Kimura and Lokeren agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Lokeren
Seiji Kimura was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Lokeren training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lucas Salinas is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Marcos Silva runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match12 Sep 2026
No time for Racing Genk to settle
The goal that put Racing Genk ahead was still being replayed on the concourse when Lokeren equalised, 4 minutes later. Leads are only worth what you do with them.
Market14 Sep 2026
Still no ink between Lokeren and Ethan Butera
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Lokeren, another week without a signature from Ethan Butera.
In brief
- Market Yannick De Bruyne leaves for nothing
- Market Window shut, Dedryck Chadli still here
- The terraces The press cannot get enough of Zinho Lukaku