Monday, March 8, 2021 at 6:49 PM• Mart Oude Nijeweeme • Last update: 18:52

Sparta Rotterdam lost a 0-1 lead on Friday in the very last minute, when the team had to swallow a penalty kick on a visit to FC Emmen and Michael de Leeuw scored the equalizer from eleven meters in the 96th minute. Goalkeeper Maduka Okoye came under severe criticism after the goalkeeper chose the wrong angle. After all, the statistics showed that De Leeuw had a clear preference for the angle in which he was ultimately accurate.

It was the second game in a row that Okoye’s choice was called into question, after he also had no chance against a penalty kick from Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye a week earlier against Willem II. “People often talk about it when someone shouts something,” Fraser responds in conversation with RTV Rijnmond on the charges against his closing post. “Let me be clear, Maduka (Okoye ed.) Has the information, but he always makes the choice. He really knows that De Leeuw always shoots left. I don’t do anything with the criticism, because nobody is there when Frank (Kooiman, goalkeeper coach ed.) Discusses these kinds of matters with him. ”

Michael de Leeuw’s last seven penalties.

De Leeuw’s last seven penalties all went into the right corner and all were hit, the statistics also indicate Opta from. “I really know what my opponents’ favorite corners are,” says Okoye. “But if a player shoots left 20 times, it doesn’t mean that it will be the same the 21st time. This was also evident during the penalty shootout against ADO Den Haag in the cup. Then the statistics did not match. It’s always one against one, not video against video. ”

Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye’s last five penalties.

Trésor also has a clear preference side with the right corner. The attacker of Willem II chose the right corner in two of the four cases prior to the duel with Sparta and also hit the Rotterdammers in the bottom right corner. Sparta benefited from a three-pointer against Emmen. The Fraser team has dropped considerably in the Eredivisie after a good phase and has already been waiting eight games for a victory. On Tuesday evening, Sparta will take on VVV-Venlo as number thirteen, which is in fifteenth place with two points less.