After the winter break we played our first league game again today. Last Wednesday we played a good practice match against our Ajax peers. Unfortunately we lost 1-0. Roda JC, equal in points with us in the league, is our opponent today. Milan and Lander are helping the E-youth today and Lucas is joining us from the E.
In the first five minutes we immediately got chances through Joris and Joep. So our start was good. Then Roda JC got into the game a little better. We got a little sloppy but fortunately we didn't get into trouble. In the last minute Nassim put good pressure and conquered the ball. Joep took advantage and stroked the ball into the empty goal. 1-0. Not our best game but a nice lead.
In the second half we wanted to play better and decide this match. Unfortunately it became 1-1 via a shot from distance. We had to turn this around quickly because we had more quality than Roda JC. In the 35th minute we deservedly took the lead. Jesse gave a nice long ball to Joep and he tapped it beautifully over the outgoing goalkeeper. 2-1.
In the last part of the match we had to increase this lead in order not to get into unnecessary trouble. We got nice opportunities through Joep and Martijn. In the back it was solid. Only in the last minute Kevin got something to do. And this he did very well. Final score 2-1.
Today we had a nice victory over Roda JC. An important victory because we are so far ahead of Roda JC. We did not show our best game, but we fought like lions. Next Saturday we play an exercise game at 9:30 a.m. at home against Kampong D1.