Match Report
| NEC Nijmegen | NEC Nijmegen |  |  | Veendam | Veendam | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dave Schaap | D. Schaap |  | 60 | G |  | 1 | | G | 54 | | Fatik Nieuwenhuijzen | F. Nieuwenhuijzen | |||||||||
| Ronnie Witschge | R. Witschge | | 80 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 65 | | Oscar Jongsma | O. Jongsma | |||||||||
| Harald De Graef | H. De Graef | | 66 | D | | 3 | | D | 63 | | Wout Vonk | W. Vonk | |||||||||
| Don Morton | D. Morton |  | 63 | D | | 4 | | D | 60 | | Nick Hoogendorp | N. Hoogendorp | |||||||||
| Marino Doomernik | M. Doomernik | | 58 | D | | 5 | | D | 59 | | Nikos Broers | N. Broers | |||||||||
| Rodney van den Berg | R. van den Berg | | 72 | M | | 6 | | M | 64 | | Scott Telfer | S. Telfer | |||||||||
| Aron Kostwinder | A. Kostwinder | | 65 | M | | 7 | | M | 63 | | Kew Piqué | K. Piqué | |||||||||
| Ron Cas | R. Cas | | 56 | M | | 8 | | M | 55 | | Ulrich Van De Wey | U. Van De Wey | |||||||||
| Gijs Dudilica | G. Dudilica | | 71 | A | | 9 | | M | 49 | | Marco Van Dalen | M. Van Dalen | |||||||||
| Gary Dalglish | G. Dalglish | | 60 | A | | 10 | | A | 75 | | Ferry Huistra | F. Huistra | |||||||||
| Jochem Babangida | J. Babangida | | 59 | A | | 11 | | A | 57 | | Iwan Smit | I. Smit | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at De Goffert where NEC Nijmegen play host to Veendam. A crowd of 9,228 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
NEC Nijmegen are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Veendam appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
NEC Nijmegen are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Veendam appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
0.00
0-0Veendam start the game by kicking off the first half!
2.19
0-0Kew Piqué chips the ball to his team mate, Iwan Smit. Iwan Smit knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Don Morton.
3.10
Kew Piqué controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ferry Huistra. Ferry Huistra knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
8.35
0-0Aron Kostwinder flicks the ball to his team mate, Gijs Dudilica. Gijs Dudilica shoots from 20 yards but it flies wide!
12.01
0-0Ronnie Witschge threads the ball through to Ron Cas. Ron Cas brings the ball forward. Ron Cas deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Gary Dalglish but the linesman indicates offside!
20.55
1-0Ronnie Witschge controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ron Cas. Ron Cas flicks the ball to his team mate, Gary Dalglish. Gary Dalglish whips in a cross ball towards Jochem Babangida. Jochem Babangida directs the ball goalwards with his head. Jochem Babangida scores for NEC Nijmegen!!
27.12
Ronnie Witschge makes a probing pass to Ron Cas. Ron Cas kicks a strong pass forward to Jochem Babangida. Jochem Babangida tries a spectacular long range effort but it goes wide for a goal kick.
28.17
1-0Rodney van den Berg passes the ball forward to Jochem Babangida. Jochem Babangida plays a perfect one-two with Gary Dalglish and rushes in on goal... Jochem Babangida shows great control and tries a shot on goal but it is tipped over by Fatik Nieuwenhuijzen.
38.50
1-0Wout Vonk comes in with a late challenge on Jochem Babangida. Wout Vonk is given a warning by the referee! Jochem Babangida stretches but gets up unharmed.
45.00
Ulrich Van De Wey chips the ball to his team mate, Iwan Smit. Iwan Smit sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
45.00
NEC Nijmegen start the second half!
47.00
Harald De Graef sees space and advances. Harald De Graef passes the ball forward to Gary Dalglish. Gary Dalglish finds some space and shoots from distance. Fatik Nieuwenhuijzen easily smothers it.
53.32
Harald De Graef makes a probing pass to Ron Cas. Ron Cas flicks the ball to his team mate, Gijs Dudilica. Gijs Dudilica knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Oscar Jongsma.
54.53
Ulrich Van De Wey makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Iwan Smit. Iwan Smit makes a probing pass to Ferry Huistra but he's offside!
55.58
Nikos Broers threads the ball through to Marco Van Dalen. Marco Van Dalen knocks the ball forward to Ferry Huistra. Ferry Huistra tries a spectacular long range effort but it is miles over!
66.30
Aron Kostwinder makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Gijs Dudilica. Gijs Dudilica whips in a cross ball towards Jochem Babangida. Jochem Babangida connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but it flies wide!
69.49
Nikos Broers flicks the ball to his team mate, Ulrich Van De Wey. Ulrich Van De Wey passes the ball forward to Ferry Huistra. Ferry Huistra knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Dave Schaap who gathers it comfortably.
72.45
Kew Piqué knocks the ball forward to Ferry Huistra. Ferry Huistra shoots from 25 yards. It's miles wide!
75.11
Aron Kostwinder passes the ball forward to Gijs Dudilica. Gijs Dudilica knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
77.33
Nick Hoogendorp deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Kew Piqué. Kew Piqué deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Iwan Smit. Iwan Smit knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Harald De Graef.
79.58
Ulrich Van De Wey chips the ball to his team mate, Iwan Smit. Iwan Smit shoots from 25 yards. The ball swerves in the air but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
83.42
Aron Kostwinder makes a simple pass to Jochem Babangida. Jochem Babangida knocks in a cross ball towards Gary Dalglish. Gary Dalglish powers a header at goal but it flies wide!
84.18
87.19
Wout Vonk flicks the ball to his team mate, Scott Telfer. Scott Telfer flicks the ball to his team mate, Iwan Smit. Iwan Smit whips in a cross ball towards Ferry Huistra. Ferry Huistra directs the ball goalwards with his head but Dave Schaap is on top of it.
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
3
2
Shots off Target
4
3
Offsides
3
1
Fouls
0
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
57.1%
42.9%
Play Area
29.9%
44.2%
26%
Scorers