Bizarre statistics for Dallinga, 4-4 in Amsterdam and fireworks problems

Friday, November 19, 2021 at 10:14 PM• Last update: 23:01

Excelsior is the new frontrunner in the Kitchen Champion Division. The team of coach Marinus Dijkhuizen won 1-5 against Helmond Sport on Friday evening, partly due to a hat trick by competition top scorer Thijs Dallinga, who now has twenty goals from sixteen matches. Competitor FC Volendam drew against Jong Ajax in a true spectacle: 4-4. At the moment, both teams have 32 points and Excelsior is at the top on the basis of goal difference, but Volendam still has a game credit. At Telstar – ADO Den Haag (0-2) and FC Den Bosch – TOP Oss (1-0) there were disturbances despite the lack of public.

Young Ajax – Volendam 4-4
The duel between Jong Ajax and Volendam was less than eighteen minutes away when five goals had already been scored. The home team opened the score through Max de Waal, who scored beautifully from a free kick. After Youri Regeer had doubled the score on a pass from Sontje Hansen, Gaetano Oristanio took advantage of a miscommunication in the defense of the team from Amsterdam. After fifteen minutes of play, Ajax again lifted the margin to two via Christian Rasmussen, but had to watch as Gorter shoved the ball into Robert Mühren’s feet a minute later, who outplayed the goalie and made his fifteenth of the season: 3-2. Kenneth Taylor seemed to shoot Ajax into safe harbor before the break with the fourth Amsterdam goal from the penalty spot. In the final phase of the game, however, Volendam turned up twice and miraculously still managed to save a point to the goal fest via Martijn Kaars (intikker) and Denso Kasius (beautiful shot from a distance): 4-4.

Helmond Sport – Excelsior 1-5
In the past three Excelsior matches (3-4 defeat against FC Eindhoven, 2-5 win against Telstar and 4-4 draw against Almere City), a total of 22 goals were scored. A new goal feast in Helmond soon seemed imminent, because in the seventeenth minute Excelsior already led 0-2. Siebe Horemans opened the score from a twisting free kick by Julian Baas, after which Reuven Niemeijer made it 0-2 when he got the ball at his feet after Gaétan Bosiers of Helmond Sport unintentionally extended a pass from Dallinga. After the break, Jules Houttequiet hit the bar on behalf of Helmond, after which Dallinga scored three times. The league top scorer made the 0-3 on Horemans’ advice, took care of the 0-4 from a distance and determined the final score at 1-5 in the final phase; in between, Jellert van Landschoot had scored for Helmond.

FC Dordrecht – De Graafschap 0-4
All goals were scored in the second half by De Graafschap. Before half time the game was in balance and Dordrecht gave little away; Shortly after the break, Jasper van Heertum headed in from a corner by Hicham Acheffay. Joey Konings doubled the margin from a rebound, after goalkeeper Liam Bossin saved on a bet by Jonathan Opoku. With a powder in the corner, Philip Brittijn made it 0-3 and Danzell Gravenberch was in the right place at the near post in injury time to determine the final score at 0-4. De Graafschap increased the concerns of Dordrecht, which is in last place with ten points from sixteen games.

FC Emmen – Young PSV 2-0
After just under twenty minutes, FC Emmen opened the scoring. Rui Mendes had a shooting opportunity from the edge of the sixteen-meter area and his changed direction was too powerful for goalkeeper Maxime Delanghe. Two minutes before half time, Mendes had an opportunity to double his production, but in a one-on-one situation with Delanghe, he played the ball a little too far in front of him. Reda Kharchouch decided the match in the second act in favor of Emmen. The substitute received the ball from Azzeddine Toufiqui and pushed the leather behind Delanghe, scoring his first official goal for Emmen.

Telstar – ADO The Hague 0-2
At ADO Den Haag, in the run-up to the duel with Telstar, all the attention was focused on Eljero Elia, who announced his return to the club on Thursday. He started on the bench and saw Thomas Verheydt lift the score to 0-1 after more than half an hour of play, when he turned away from his opponent and drove the ball into the intersection. The striker thus made his tenth of the season and after Friday evening is the only player to have reached double figures in each of the past four Kitchen Champion Division seasons. Just before the opening goal, referee Erwin Blank had stopped the game after supporters from outside the stadium threw fireworks on the field. The score was doubled just before half-time by Vicente Besuijen, who was in the right place after a missed penalty by Verheydt: 0-2. Elia came in for Samy Bourard fifteen minutes before the end and made his comeback in the shirt of the Hagenezen.

VVV Venlo – FC Eindhoven 2-0
Eindhoven is the big surprise in the Kitchen Champion Division this season and managed to win the last three matches, but had to acknowledge his superior during a visit to VVV. On the stroke of half-time, Braken was in the right place to shoot a cross from Joeri Schroijen from the left side of the field hard against the ropes: 1-0. The Limburgers also had the better of the game in the second half. Jos Luhukay’s team ended the game after more than an hour of play via Mitchell van Rooijen, who headed in from a corner. Eindhoven tried to force a connecting goal, but the moments of excitement were very few after the second goal by VVV.

FC Den Bosch – TOP Oss 1-0
Spectators are no longer welcome at matches, but the duel in De Vliert was briefly interrupted in the first half because fans of the home team entered the stadium and set off fireworks. It was 1-0 at the time: occasional striker Ryan Leijten, actually an attacking midfielder, was able to finish from close range after goalkeeper Norbert Alblas parried a bet from Roy Kuijpers. Serious opportunities followed for TOP to equalize in both the first and the second half. Stuy van den Herik, Dean Guezen and Jearl Margaritha, among others, were threatening, but keeper Wouter van der Steen van Den Bosch paid attention several times.

Roda JC – Young AZ 2-2
Young AZ remained without a win in the last five games, but did take the lead after more than ten minutes of play when visiting Roda JC. After controlling the ball with the bottom of the shoe, Yusuf Barasi nicely shot the ball into the right corner: 0-1. Maarten Martens’ team was unable to enjoy the lead for a long time, as Anthony Limbombe tied the score after fifteen minutes of play. On a pass from Xian Emmers, it was a breeze for the attacker to slide the ball into the empty goal. Roda then insisted and had opportunities through Patrick Pflücke and Richard Jensen, but both times Sem Westerveld was in the way. After more than an hour of play, the AZ goalie did initiate Roda’s apparent victory when he pushed the ball into Dylan Vente’s feet: 2-1. However, Jelle Duin ensured that the Alkmaarders still had a point left in the final minute: 2-2.

Almere City FC – MVV Maastricht 0-2
A conservative first half only ignited in injury time: a bet by Jeffry Puriel was taken off the line, after which Tim Receveur was also close to a goal. In the second half, however, it was MVV that took the lead. Sven Blummel curled the ball into the far corner shortly after the break. Almere City had an excellent chance to come alongside, when a handball by Orhan Dzepar resulted in a penalty kick, but goalkeeper Romain Matthys saved Jonas Arweiler’s shot. Nine minutes before the end, Blummel decided the game in favor of MVV.

NAC Breda – Young FC Utrecht 1-1
Young FC Utrecht hoped to recover after the embarrassing 0-6 defeat against FC Eindhoven two weeks ago, but fell behind in Breda shortly after the break. After a cross from Thom Haye, the ball got stuck in the penalty area and in the end Julliani Eersteling gave the last push, meaning the goal went into the books as an own goal. Eleven minutes later, Raymong Huizing tied the score with a hard shot on a free kick by Rayan El Azrak. NAC was most emphatically looking for the winning goal, but it did not come.

No. Team m W G V +/- Pnt
1 Excelsior 16 10 2 4 18 32
2 FC Volendam 15 9 5 1 17 32
3 The County 16 9 3 4 10 30
4 FC Emmen 15 9 2 4 11 29
5 Ado den Haag 16 10 2 4 13 26
6 Young Ajax 15 8 2 5 9 26
7 FC Eindhoven 16 8 2 6 7 26
8 FC Den Bosch 16 8 1 7 -3 25
9 Roda JC Kerkrade 14 6 4 4 7 22
10 MVV Maastricht 15 7 0 8 -15 21
11 Young AZ 15 6 2 7 -2 20
12 NAC Breda 15 5 4 6 2 19
13 Young FC Utrecht 15 5 4 6 -3 19
14 VVV Venlo 16 6 1 9 -5 19
15 Young PSV 15 5 3 7 -2 18
16 Telstar 16 4 5 7 -15 17
17 Helmond Sports 16 4 3 9 -12 15
18 Almere City FC 16 3 4 9 -8 13
19 TOP Oss 16 3 3 10 -11 12
20 FC Dordrecht 16 2 4 10 -18 10

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