Sparta ahead at Emmen – Geertruida extends Feyenoord contract

Full stands in Rotterdam and Amsterdam at final training sessions before Klassieker

At both Feyenoord and Ajax there were many supporters at the final training before the Klassieker.

Watch the summary FC Utrecht – Go Ahead Eagles

EMM-SPA | 46′ Match resumed, immediately a chance

The whistle has just been blown for the second half when Sparta gets a huge chance. From a free kick Verschueren gets a good header chance, but Van der Hart saves.

Also in rebound the ball does not go in.

Shortly after Saito’s 0-1, Emmen is whistled for halftime.

Van Seumeren not happy with Utrecht

According to Jeroen Kapteijns of De Telegraaf, Frans van Seumeren addressed the FC Utrecht selection in the dressing room. His team lost 2-1 to Go Ahead Eagles at home, after a very poor game.

EMM-SPA | 42′ Goal Sparta!

After a dull phase, suddenly there is Saito, who dribbles in very cleverly and shoots into the long corner.

EMM-SPA | 25′ Strong phase Emmen

Emmen, meanwhile, is playing very nice soccer. Major chances did not result, but the game will give the Drenthe citizen courage.

EMM-SPA | 15′ Duel in balance

No goals yet at FC Emmen against Sparta, but not boring. After the chances for Dirksen, Sparta also got nice opportunities.

Verschuuren and Van Crooij became quite dangerous.

EMM-SPA | 7′ First chance of the match

FC Emmen breaks through on the left flank. A hard shot by Dirksen then flies wide.

EMM-SPA | 1′ Duel started

FC Emmen – Sparta has started.

UTR-GAE | 90+7′ Match over: Go Ahead wins

René Hake takes three points on a visit to his old employer: Go Ahead Eagles wins at FC Utrecht 2-1.

You can’t call it undeserved.

UTR-GAE | 90+4′ Go Ahead Eagles goal!

You felt it coming: the (probably) winning goal for Go Ahead: Willumsson shoots in after a cross from the left by Fontan.

UTR-GAE | 85′ Idzes close to 1-2

From a corner Idzes kicks the ball to the corner. Fortunately for Utrecht, Barkas was in the way with a good save.

The Eagles are still hoping for three points.

UTR-GAE | 80′ Go Ahead attacks (a bit)

The last minutes are for the visitors, who occasionally become dangerous. FC Utrecht sinks further and further away.

For the final phase Younes joins, Boussaid is cleared.

Spurs squander points in Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur lost points to Southampton in the battle for a ticket to the Champions League. The game at St. Mary’s Stadium ended 3-3. James Ward-Prowse scored a penalty in injury time for the home club, who are bottom of the Premier League.

UTR-GAE | 67′ Bad luck for Utrecht

From a corner by Booth, Van der Streek can head in. Via goalkeeper De Lange his effort ends up on the post.

EMM-SPA | Sparta’s lineup

UTR-GAE | 61′ Booth for Labyad

There’s Taylor Booth, who was selected for Team USA. Labyad makes way. Who knows, Booth may yet manage to loosen things up with his creativity.

UTR-GAE | 55′ Duel ripples on

The beginning of the second half is like the beginning of the first: boring. The match calmly ripples on.

Only Lidberg got a (shot) chance, but his effort went wide.

UTR-GAE | 46′ Second half started

Goes again: football is being played again in De Galgenwaard.

EMM-SPA | The line-up of FC Emmen

The first 35 minutes of Utrecht – Go Ahead Eagles were terribly bad (also due to the mediocre pitch) and then suddenly it became fun. Douvikas scored the opening goal, after which Go Ahead woke up and equalized on the stroke of half-time through Edvardsen.

UTR-GAE | 45+4′ Go Ahead Eagles goal!

The score is tied. Ball loss in the build-up is punished by Edvardsen.

UTR-GAE | 42′ No penalty

How crazy, no penalty for Go Ahead Eagles after a clear handball by Hendriks. Anyway, referee Bos will have his reasons for it, as he still watched the moment back on the VAR screen.

UTR-GAE | 42′ FC Utrecht goal!

Douvikas makes his thirteenth of the season. The Greek trumps Nauber in a duel and then passes De Lange.

The first half of Utrecht – Eagles is lousy. Utrecht seems a bit upset after all the sporting setbacks of late. Go Ahead Eagles, on the contrary, looks satisfied with the 0-0 score and quietly hobbles along on the poor pitch in De Galgenwaard.

UTR-GAE 34′ | Chance Van der Streek

From a free kick by Toornstra, which turned in dangerously, Van der Streek gets a chance. Keeper De Lange taps the ball out of the far corner.

UTR-GAE | 24′ Barkas catches Edvardsen’s overhead kick.

Edvardsen cleverly pulls over, but Barkas saves. It was a nice attempt after a nice attack by the Eagles.

FC Utrecht lost it a bit the last minutes….

UTR-GAE | 19′ Extra tribute

In the nineteenth minute, play is briefly halted, as before the match, to commemorate the 2019 terror attack in which four people died in Utrecht.

UTR-GAE | 17′ Troublesome soccer

The pitch is in pretty lousy shape at the Galgenwaard. It makes it impossible for both teams to play good soccer.

UTR-GAE | 11′ First threat Eagles

In the first ten minutes Go Ahead Eagles was still in sleep mode, but just now the team gave a first sign of life. Oppegård passed the ball well from the left, after which Edvardsen was almost able to head in.

For Utrecht it ended with a hisser.

UTR-GAE | 5′ Handy Boussaid

Almost every week midfielder Boussaid is one of the standouts at FC Utrecht, Even in the first minutes of this match he is again a dominant presence, with quick actions and clever passes.

Preparatory work by him and Viergever led to the first chance of the match. Descotte, however, shot straight at De Lange.

UTR-GAE | 1′ Duel Begun

We started in De Galgenwaard. Just now, a beautiful minute of silence was held in memory of the four victims of the terrorist attack in Utrecht four years ago.

Geertruida extends contract at Feyenoord

Lutsharel Geertruida is to extend his contract at Feyenoord for another year. The 22-year-old defender, who was called up for the Dutch national team for the first time on Friday by national coach Ronald Koeman, commits himself to the Rotterdam club until the summer of 2025. Geertruida announced this prior to the final training session before Sunday’s topper against Ajax.

The Rotterdam native, from the Feyenoord youth academy, showed the thousands of fans at training complex Varkenoord a shirt with the number 2025 on the back. Geertruida has been a regular at Feyenoord for several years. Coach Arne Slot’s team will defend a three-point lead over Ajax in Sunday’s Klassieker in Amsterdam.

Five times Ajax-Feyenoord from the distant and not so distant past

Ajax against Feyenoord is, as it is called, always a match in itself. The rankings don’t even matter that much, although that doesn’t apply to Sunday’s confrontation, of course. What matters is the lead.

The two rivals faced each other for the first time in the league in Amsterdam on March 5, 1922. It was 2-0 at the time in Het Houten Stadion, Ajax’s first home stadium. Since then, dozens of duels between Ajax and Feyenoord have followed. Below is a small sample of that series.

Volendam did good business again

FC Volendam took further distance from the danger zone yesterday through a 2-1 victory over Fortuna Sittard. With that the club continued its sensational advance from after the winter.

Volendam is now six points clear of the relegation line, though with one more game played. Fortuna Sittard remains eleventh with three points more than the Volendammers.

Full stands at De Toekomst at last training session Ajax before Klassieker

Full stands at Ajax’s final training session prior to the Klassieker. Feyenoord players enter the training field later in the day.

UTR-GAE | The lineups

Welcome to this blog! Today we follow three duels in the premier league here: FC Utrecht – Go Ahead Eagles, FC Emmen – Sparta and RKC – NEC. Yesterday FC Volendam and Fortuna Sittard kicked off the soccer weekend. In the Kras Stadion Volendam won 2-1.

Tomorrow follows the most important Klassieker in years and PSV, AZ and FC Twente will also play. You can also find news about that here!