Pierre van Hooijdonk does not have a good word for an action by Ché Nunnely in the competition match between Willem II and NEC (0-1) on Wednesday evening. The home side’s right winger received a cross pass from the left flank, which he responded to in an acrobatic manner. Nunnely jumped up and tried to take the ball with the heel or extend it, but his action failed. The images go wrong with Van Hooijdonk.
The moment came after 74 minutes, when Willem II was looking for an equalizer. “If you are 1-0 behind, your team has done so badly in recent months, you get this ball fifteen minutes before time and then do this…”, the analyst of ESPN after the match. “He wants to chop it back or take it behind your standing leg. Then you have no idea what it is about. Then you really understand it completely, but then also absolutely nothing. What is the seriousness of this match? he doesn’t have the faintest idea, or he doesn’t give a damn.”
Willem II was still the number three in the Eredivisie after the seventh round, but afterwards ended up in a downward spiral. Since the 2-1 victory over PSV on 25 September, the club has only won two points: only FC Twente (1-1) and Fortuna Sittard (1-1) were not lost. Willem II was also eliminated in October by RKC Waalwijk in the cup tournament (3-0) and therefore does not end 2021 with a good feeling. Due to the points obtained at the start of the season, the club is still fourteenth.
| No. | Team | m | W | G | V | +/- | Pnt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PSV | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 40 |
| 2 | Ajax | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 39 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 39 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 33 |
| 5 | AZ | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 32 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 28 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | -7 | 27 |
| 9 | NEC | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 25 |
| 10 | sc Heerenveen | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 25 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 21 |
| 12 | Fc Groningen | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | William II | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -18 | 18 |
| 14 | Heracles Almelo | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -11 | 15 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -22 | 13 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -12 | 12 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | -23 | 6 |
Date:Wednesday, December 22, 2021, 6:45 PM
Stadium:King Willem II Stadium (Tilburg)
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