VVV came to visit us today. This team could become champions today, so we were warned. We lost the previous games to VVV. We played without Mathijs and Mohammed Ihattaren today, they went on a tournament with the D2. Dylan from the E was allowed to reinforce us.
We started the first half strongly. We did not get into trouble and had the initiative. This led to a good chance for Heritier. After twenty minutes Jur had a nice action but was brought down in the penalty area. The referee called for a penalty and Jur took advantage of the opportunity. He shot in hard. 1-0.
In the second half we were struggling. VVV were pressing and a free kick fell at the feet of a VVV player. He shot hard inside. 1-1. A few minutes later things got worse. VVV shot a free kick from about 20 meters into the ropes. 1-2. We went looking for the tying goal. This came in a fortunate way. A corner was badly cleared and via Niek it finally went in. 2-2. Jur was close to scoring the 3-2. After a nice attack through the middle the goalkeeper saved the goal. With 2-2 we went to rest.
After the break we wanted to make sure we would win this match as well. We again had the best of the game and VVV did not get in the way. Through Genrich and Jeremy we had opportunities to make it 3-2 but they were not able to take advantage of them. A few minutes before time it went wrong. In the first (!) clear-cut opportunity for VVV it was a goal. A quick counter made them champions. 2-3. We went looking for the 3-3 in the last second of the game, but it was not to be.
We played good football today and showed that we could have won against the champion. W e defended strongly and were unlucky in finishing. Now the play offs begin against the top teams in our league. A great challenge for us to take revenge.