Match Report
| NEC Nijmegen | NEC Nijmegen |  |  | Willem II Tilburg | Willem II Tilburg | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jan Keller | J. Keller |  | 56 | G |  | 1 | | G | 61 | | Gregoor Bruins | G. Bruins | |||||||||
| Giulliano Beelenkamp | G. Beelenkamp | | 64 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 84 |  | Giampietro Aglietti | G. Aglietti | |||||||||
| Rafael Maris | R. Maris | | 60 | D | | 3 | | D | 69 |  | Enrique Blanco | E. Blanco | |||||||||
| Maurits Hosé | M. Hosé | | 54 | D | | 4 | | D | 67 |  | Samuel Mbamba | S. Mbamba | |||||||||
| Piet ten Brink | P. ten Brink | | 53 | D | | 5 | | D | 66 |  | John Gemmell | J. Gemmell | |||||||||
| Ronald Visser | R. Visser | | 65 | M | | 6 | | M | 68 |  | Nordin Fertout | N. Fertout | |||||||||
| Vincenzo Lange | V. Lange |  | 61 | M | | 7 | | M | 65 | | Antonio Herrera | A. Herrera | |||||||||
| Mitchel de Boer | M. de Boer | | 58 | M | | 8 | | M | 65 |  | Jonas Faber | J. Faber | |||||||||
| Aron Vermeulen | A. Vermeulen | | 60 | A | | 9 | | A | 71 |  | Elias Pappas | E. Pappas | |||||||||
| Marco van Beek | M. van Beek | | 47 | A | | 10 | | A | 68 | | Fausto Ganci | F. Ganci | |||||||||
| Jordi Visser | J. Visser | | 45 | A | | 11 | | A | 66 |  | Tsuyoshi Takahashi | T. Takahashi | |||||||||
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Match Report
It's a sunny day here at De Goffert where NEC Nijmegen play host to Willem II Tilburg. A crowd of 8,674 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both NEC Nijmegen and Willem II Tilburg are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both NEC Nijmegen and Willem II Tilburg are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0NEC Nijmegen start the match!
2.31
0-0Ronald Visser sees a break and surges forward. Ronald Visser controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. It's miles wide!
3.57
Jonas Faber makes a beautiful solo run. Jonas Faber tries a spectacular long range effort but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
15.11
0-0Antonio Herrera deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Elias Pappas. Elias Pappas knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Piet ten Brink.
18.55
Mitchel de Boer threads the ball through to Jordi Visser. Jordi Visser shoots from 25 yards but it is miles over!
21.58
0-0Samuel Mbamba makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Antonio Herrera. Antonio Herrera deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Elias Pappas. Elias Pappas makes a probing pass to Tsuyoshi Takahashi but he's offside!
24.13
Jonas Faber makes a beautiful solo run. Jonas Faber finds some space and shoots from distance but he balloons it over the crossbar!
36.26
0-0Enrique Blanco barges into Jordi Visser. Enrique Blanco is warned by the referee! Jordi Visser hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
44.36
Maurits Hosé passes the ball forward to Mitchel de Boer. Mitchel de Boer knocks the ball forward to Jordi Visser. Jordi Visser knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
Willem II Tilburg kick off and get the second half underway!
48.10
Mitchel de Boer knocks the ball forward to Aron Vermeulen. Aron Vermeulen goes all the way! Aron Vermeulen tries a spectacular strike but it goes wide for a goal kick.
49.38
0-0Nordin Fertout deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Elias Pappas. Elias Pappas knocks in a cross ball towards Fausto Ganci. Fausto Ganci connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. The ball is well placed but the keeper is more than a match for it. Saved!
51.35
Vincenzo Lange knocks the ball to his team mate, Marco van Beek. Marco van Beek knocks the ball forward to Jordi Visser. Jordi Visser shows great control and tries a shot on goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
54.28
Nordin Fertout knocks the ball to his team mate, Elias Pappas. Elias Pappas shoots from distance but it is tipped over by Jan Keller.
57.05
0-0Willem II Tilburg are easily keeping NEC Nijmegen at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
59.55
Nordin Fertout flicks the ball to his team mate, Tsuyoshi Takahashi. Tsuyoshi Takahashi knocks in a cross ball towards Fausto Ganci. Fausto Ganci connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
66.53
Mitchel de Boer makes a simple pass to Jordi Visser. Jordi Visser knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by John Gemmell.
72.49
0-1Jonas Faber knocks the ball to his team mate, Fausto Ganci. Fausto Ganci goes all the way! Fausto Ganci takes a shot at goal. It's there!! Jan Keller has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
75.05
Antonio Herrera flicks the ball to his team mate, Tsuyoshi Takahashi. Tsuyoshi Takahashi goes all the way! Tsuyoshi Takahashi takes a shot at goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
77.38
0-1Vincenzo Lange comes in with a late challenge on Antonio Herrera. Vincenzo Lange is given a warning by the referee! Antonio Herrera grimaces as he struggles to run off the knock.
78.34
Mitchel de Boer controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jordi Visser. Jordi Visser shoots from 20 yards but Gregoor Bruins is on top of it.
87.22
Vincenzo Lange makes a beautiful solo run. Vincenzo Lange goes all the way! Vincenzo Lange cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Vincenzo Lange!
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
1
Shots on Target
2
3
Shots off Target
4
4
Offsides
1
1
Fouls
1
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
59.2%
40.8%
Play Area
23.7%
55.3%
21.1%
Scorers