Match Report
| NEC Nijmegen | NEC Nijmegen |  |  | SC Heerenveen | SC Heerenveen | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dave Schaap | D. Schaap |  | 60 | G |  | 1 | | G | 66 | | Tom Maas | T. Maas | |||||||||
| Ronnie Witschge | R. Witschge | | 80 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 75 | | Eric Faber | E. Faber | |||||||||
| Harald De Graef | H. De Graef | | 66 | D | | 3 | | D | 61 | | Ahmed Nok | A. Nok | |||||||||
| Don Morton | D. Morton |  | 63 | D | | 4 | | D | 60 | | Milan Berck Zonneveld | M. Zonneveld | |||||||||
| Marino Doomernik | M. Doomernik | | 58 | D | | 5 | | D | 58 | | Antoine Van Galen | A. Van Galen | |||||||||
| Rodney van den Berg | R. van den Berg | | 72 | M | | 6 | | M | 63 | | Rick Heering | R. Heering | |||||||||
| Aron Kostwinder | A. Kostwinder | | 65 | M | | 7 | | M | 63 | | Wout Van Bommel | W. Van Bommel | |||||||||
| Ron Cas | R. Cas | | 56 | M | | 8 | | M | 60 |  | Andre Postiga | A. Postiga | |||||||||
| Gijs Dudilica | G. Dudilica | | 71 | A | | 9 | | M | 60 | | Billy De Boer | B. De Boer | |||||||||
| Gary Dalglish | G. Dalglish | | 60 | A | | 10 | | A | 64 |  | Demetrio Fanesi | D. Fanesi | |||||||||
| Jochem Babangida | J. Babangida | | 59 | A | | 11 | | A | 49 | | Joao Mendes | J. Mendes | |||||||||
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Match Report
It's a clear sunny day here at De Goffert where NEC Nijmegen play host to SC Heerenveen. Its a sell-out today with the 10,000 capacity stadium completely full.
NEC Nijmegen are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while SC Heerenveen appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
NEC Nijmegen are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while SC Heerenveen appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
0.00
0-0The whistle blows and SC Heerenveen get the match underway!
2.57
0-0Ronnie Witschge knocks the ball forward to Ron Cas. Ron Cas makes a beautiful solo run. Ron Cas shoots from long range but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
3.30
1-0Aron Kostwinder deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Gary Dalglish. Gary Dalglish goes all the way! Gary Dalglish takes a shot at goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
9.08
1-0Demetrio Fanesi comes in with a late challenge on Don Morton. The referee calls over Demetrio Fanesi and warns him to calm down! Don Morton runs off the knock.
10.28
Rick Heering knocks the ball to his team mate, Demetrio Fanesi. Demetrio Fanesi shoots from outside the area but he balloons it over the crossbar!
12.19
Harald De Graef advances with the ball. Harald De Graef kicks a strong pass forward to Gijs Dudilica. Gijs Dudilica makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Gary Dalglish. Gary Dalglish makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
18.03
Ron Cas threads the ball through to Gijs Dudilica. Gijs Dudilica plays a perfect one-two with Gary Dalglish and rushes in on goal... Gijs Dudilica shows great control and tries a shot on goal. It's miles wide!
24.43
Ron Cas threads the ball through to Gijs Dudilica. Gijs Dudilica controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. It's miles wide!
26.13
Billy De Boer makes a probing pass to Joao Mendes. Joao Mendes shoots from long range but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
28.41
1-0Ron Cas makes a simple pass to Gijs Dudilica. Gijs Dudilica shoots from long range. Magnificent save by Tom Maas!
32.15
1-0Aron Kostwinder makes a simple pass to Gary Dalglish. Gary Dalglish threads the ball through to Gijs Dudilica but he's offside!
33.35
Wout Van Bommel makes a simple pass to Demetrio Fanesi. Demetrio Fanesi goes all the way! Demetrio Fanesi makes some space for himself and shoots at goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
39.07
1-1The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
42.12
1-1Wout Van Bommel deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Demetrio Fanesi. Demetrio Fanesi knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Dave Schaap who gathers it comfortably.
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
The second half starts with NEC Nijmegen kicking off!
47.27
Demetrio Fanesi comes in with a late challenge on Ronnie Witschge. The referee calls over Demetrio Fanesi again and warns him to calm down! Ronnie Witschge stretches but gets up unharmed.
49.11
Antoine Van Galen chips the ball to his team mate, Andre Postiga. Andre Postiga kicks a strong pass forward to Demetrio Fanesi. Demetrio Fanesi knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
51.29
Rodney van den Berg flicks the ball to his team mate, Gary Dalglish. Gary Dalglish controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. The ball swerves in the air but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
55.25
Rick Heering passes the ball forward to Joao Mendes. Joao Mendes makes a probing pass to Demetrio Fanesi but he's offside!
61.49
Rodney van den Berg knocks the ball to his team mate, Gary Dalglish. Gary Dalglish knocks in a cross ball towards Jochem Babangida. Jochem Babangida heads the ball goalwards but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
63.55
Wout Van Bommel flicks the ball to his team mate, Joao Mendes. Joao Mendes makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Demetrio Fanesi but he's offside!
73.23
Rodney van den Berg chips the ball to his team mate, Gijs Dudilica. Gijs Dudilica shoots from outside the area but it flies wide!
78.42
SC Heerenveen are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
85.41
1-1Jochem Babangida clumsily knocks into Antoine Van Galen. Jochem Babangida is shown the yellow card! Antoine Van Galen runs off the knock.
85.41
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
89.15
Andre Postiga makes a simple pass to Demetrio Fanesi. Demetrio Fanesi sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Goals
1
1
Shots on Target
3
1
Shots off Target
6
3
Offsides
1
2
Fouls
1
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
52.6%
47.4%
Play Area
25%
47.4%
27.6%
Scorers