On Wednesday evening, De Graafschap seized the last match day of the Kitchen Champion Division in addition to the second promotion ticket. The Super farmers played a 0-0 draw against Helmond Sport in their own stadium and saw Go Ahead Eagles pass after a 0-1 victory over Excelsior. Ralf Seuntjens is not exactly pleased with the attitude of Helmond Sport at De Vijverberg.
“Helmond came here purely for a point and yes … That is too sad for words, in my experience”, Seuntjens sighed in front of the camera. ESPN. “That they come here to play like this. They play offensive football all year round and are now adjusting to play 0-0. If you weren’t playing for anything anymore, I wouldn’t. I played at Telstar and we never did. Not at FC Den Bosch, not at RBC Roosendaal. But yeah, we just didn’t get it right. That ball has to go in and then you win. ”
“I don’t even know where to start”, the striker who left for NAC Breda continued. “What is going through my mind? If I’m going to tell all of that on television, then it’s 100+. Just a drama, unbelievable. The ball just doesn’t want to go in. Not for three games. We are not happy. Fought for two years, two years in second place behind Cambuur. And then you get this in return. ”
“Just heavy shit of course. Yes, unprecedented … We have two games to finish and there are so many moments in front of the goal, but the ball does not want to go in ”, responded Ted van de Pavert. The captain of De Graafschap speaks of a ‘hard blow’. “That seems clear to me. We still have a chance in the play-offs, so we have to get back up. There is nothing else to do. How are we going to do that? You can say we have to be there again tomorrow, but that is easier said than done now. This is a huge downer. ”
Trainer Mike Snoei received a boost afterwards ESPN the question of where things went wrong for his team. “Finish it, shoot it between the post”, Snoei replied. “I didn’t think we were good in the first half hour. We got through it difficult, but even in those eight minutes of the first half that we still had to play, we had four big chances. We had put it differently and then I had a good feeling. You should ask the boys whether the tension played a role. It was difficult to get through on the soaking wet field. ”
The game between De Graafschap and Helmond Sport was halted for a while due to the severe weather that ravaged Doetinchem. Snoei noted that his team had some life-sized opportunities after the restart. “I don’t have to name it all, that makes it even more painful. But we can really blame this on ourselves, ”says Snoei. For De Graafschap, the play-offs now remain, in which Roda JC Kerkrade will be the first opponent on Saturday. “We are like a boxer now, we get hit and have to get up again. There must be a fresh team on Saturday. I’m going to take a good look at who has the energy to bring this team to the Eredivisie. ”
Afterwards, it was still restless for a while at De Vijverberg. Several hundred fans followed, according to The Telegraph the game from behind the stands. When the crowd increased towards the final signal, it was decided to block the road towards the main entrance with fences. The Helmond Sport team bus was held up for a while and employees had to ‘stay inside or around the stadium for their own safety’. The riot police had to act around De Vijverberg, where destruction was also caused.
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