Match Report
| Willem II Tilburg | Willem II Tilburg |  |  | HFC Haarlem | HFC Haarlem | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gregoor Bruins | G. Bruins |  | 61 | G |  | 1 | | G | 65 | | Theo Opdam | T. Opdam | |||||||||
| Giampietro Aglietti | G. Aglietti |  | 83 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 73 |  | Samuel Pinheiro | S. Pinheiro | |||||||||
| Enrique Blanco | E. Blanco |  | 69 | D | | 3 | | D | 68 |  | Stephen Dalglish | S. Dalglish | |||||||||
| John Gemmell | J. Gemmell | | 66 | D | | 4 | | D | 61 | | Roel Hupkes | R. Hupkes | |||||||||
| Samuel Mbamba | S. Mbamba |  | 66 | D | | 5 | | M | 57 |  | Nuno Peralta | N. Peralta | |||||||||
| Antonio Herrera | A. Herrera | | 65 | M | | 6 | | M | 56 |  | Manfa Ferreira | M. Ferreira | |||||||||
| Jonas Faber | J. Faber |  | 65 | M | | 7 | | M | 54 |  | Simon Lofthouse | S. Lofthouse | |||||||||
| Luke Hibbs | L. Hibbs | | 55 | M | | 8 | | M | 50 | | Stefan Roorda | S. Roorda | |||||||||
| Elias Pappas | E. Pappas |  | 71 | A | | 9 | | A | 73 | | Kees Huizingh | K. Huizingh | |||||||||
| Tsuyoshi Takahashi | T. Takahashi |  | 65 | A | | 10 | | A | 66 | | Ian Van De Hor | I. Van De Hor | |||||||||
| Amara Martins | A. Martins | | 65 | A | | 11 | | A | 54 | | Roel Houwing | R. Houwing | |||||||||
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Match Report
Heavy rain falls from above here at Willem II Stadion where Willem II Tilburg play host to HFC Haarlem. A crowd of 9,522 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Willem II Tilburg are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while HFC Haarlem appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
Willem II Tilburg are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while HFC Haarlem appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
0.00
0-0HFC Haarlem kick off and get the match underway!
2.30
0-0Antonio Herrera deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Elias Pappas. Elias Pappas deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Amara Martins. Amara Martins tries a spectacular strike but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
16.41
0-0Antonio Herrera knocks the ball forward to Amara Martins. Amara Martins plays a perfect one-two with Tsuyoshi Takahashi and rushes in on goal... Amara Martins shows great control and tries a shot on goal. The ball dips but the keeper is more than a match for it. Saved!
22.06
0-0Stephen Dalglish hacks Amara Martins from behind! Stephen Dalglish is warned by the referee! Amara Martins runs off the knock.
24.16
Giampietro Aglietti deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Antonio Herrera. Antonio Herrera deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Elias Pappas. Elias Pappas controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Tsuyoshi Takahashi. Tsuyoshi Takahashi shoots from just inside the box. It's miles wide!
26.57
0-0Tsuyoshi Takahashi barges into Roel Hupkes. Tsuyoshi Takahashi is shown the yellow card! Roel Hupkes runs off the knock.
27.19
1-0Enrique Blanco decides to run forward with the ball. Enrique Blanco controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Amara Martins. Amara Martins shoots from outside the area. It's there!! Theo Opdam has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
33.37
1-0The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
34.52
Manfa Ferreira knocks the ball to his team mate, Roel Houwing. Roel Houwing shoots from long range but it flies wide!
39.22
Samuel Mbamba threads the ball through to Antonio Herrera. Antonio Herrera kicks a strong pass forward to Elias Pappas. Elias Pappas chips the ball to his team mate, Amara Martins. Amara Martins shows great control and tries a shot on goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
40.23
John Gemmell makes a beautiful solo run. John Gemmell flicks the ball to his team mate, Amara Martins. Amara Martins sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but Theo Opdam is on top of it.
42.36
1-0John Gemmell knocks the ball to his team mate, Luke Hibbs. Luke Hibbs knocks the ball to his team mate, Tsuyoshi Takahashi. Tsuyoshi Takahashi knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
The whistle blows and Willem II Tilburg kick off!
48.41
Roel Hupkes kicks a strong pass forward to Simon Lofthouse. Simon Lofthouse passes the ball forward to Roel Houwing. Roel Houwing knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Enrique Blanco.
49.53
Antonio Herrera flicks the ball to his team mate, Tsuyoshi Takahashi. Tsuyoshi Takahashi sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
53.41
Simon Lofthouse makes a simple pass to Kees Huizingh. Kees Huizingh knocks in a cross ball towards Roel Houwing. Roel Houwing is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
54.35
Manfa Ferreira controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ian Van De Hor. Ian Van De Hor knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Gregoor Bruins who gathers it comfortably.
60.13
Giampietro Aglietti knocks the ball forward to Jonas Faber. Jonas Faber makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Elias Pappas. Elias Pappas goes all the way! Elias Pappas cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but it flies wide!
65.48
Stefan Roorda deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Roel Houwing. Roel Houwing knocks in a cross ball towards Kees Huizingh. Kees Huizingh flicks the ball with his head but it goes wide for a goal kick.
66.11
HFC Haarlem are easily keeping Willem II Tilburg at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
69.18
Enrique Blanco boots it upfield. Tsuyoshi Takahashi plays a perfect one-two with Elias Pappas and rushes in on goal... Tsuyoshi Takahashi makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
78.38
Giampietro Aglietti chips the ball to his team mate, Jonas Faber. Jonas Faber controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Amara Martins. Amara Martins whips in a cross ball towards Tsuyoshi Takahashi. Tsuyoshi Takahashi is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. Theo Opdam easily picks it out of the air!
79.10
Antonio Herrera knocks the ball to his team mate, Amara Martins. Amara Martins plays a perfect one-two with Tsuyoshi Takahashi and rushes in on goal... Amara Martins cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. Amara Martins scores for Willem II Tilburg!!
83.14
Luke Hibbs threads the ball through to Tsuyoshi Takahashi. Tsuyoshi Takahashi controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. It's there!! Theo Opdam has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
89.50
Antonio Herrera threads the ball through to Tsuyoshi Takahashi. Tsuyoshi Takahashi deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Amara Martins. Amara Martins takes a shot at goal but it curls horrendously wide!
90.00
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Goals
3
0
Shots on Target
6
0
Shots off Target
7
3
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
1
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
65.7%
34.3%
Play Area
28.6%
42.9%
28.6%
Scorers
| Amara Martins 27, 79 Tsuyoshi Takahashi 83 |