Welcome to our live blog! There is a lot of football in our province on this Saturday. FC Volendam visits FC Utrecht. The North Holland derby between Ajax and AZ is scheduled for later tonight. Here you will stay fully informed of all developments. Tips or questions? Email to [email protected].
Past: FC Utrecht – FC Volendam 3-1
Live: Ajax – AZ 0-1
Wout Weghorst dribbles past several defenders into the box and is knocked down. The Johan Cruijff Arena calls for a penalty. Referee Jeroen Manschot waves it away and gets a whistle concert.
Moments later, Gloukh is completely free after a through ball. The Israeli shoots himself, but his effort lacks power. A shame, because that was a great opportunity.
Goalkeeper Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro has every effort to stop the ball from a free kick by Anton Gaeei. Oscar Gloukh has a free shooting opportunity from the rebound, but his effort goes over high.
AZ takes the lead, quite disproportionately. Viteszlav Jaros goes under the ball at a corner and Weslley Patati hits the target in two instances.
After Jorthy Mokio loses the ball, Peer Koopmeiners takes over the ball. He passes on Troy Parrott, but the Irishman shoots the ball wide of the Ajax goal. First danger from the visitors after an error by the Amsterdam team.
Mees de Wit takes a yellow card. The AZ left back cannot keep up with Oliver Edvardsen and is too late with his tackle. Referee Jeroen Manschot hesitates and hands him a card.
The Amsterdam team thinks they can make it 1-0 after 16 seconds after a brilliant attack. Wout Weghorst heads beautifully back to Kenneth Taylor, but the striker is in an offside position. The party is cancelled.
In the remaining minutes, Ajax continues to put pressure on AZ. The visitors haven’t gotten around to playing football yet. After a combination with Godts, Taylor shoots the ball wide. A little later, things are going just right for AZ’s goal.
There is the final blow for FC Volendam. Derry John Murkin is sent deep and pulls the ball low for Miguel Rodriguez, who then slides in the 3-1.
The energy seems to have disappeared from the team, but FC Volendam is still trying to squeeze out a final offensive. It does not yet produce great opportunities, but it does provide a little more threat to the goal.
With just under ten minutes to go, Rick Kruys makes the substitution. Gibson Yah, Ozan Kökcü and Nordin Bukala leave the field and are replaced by Silvinho Esajas, Joel Ideho and Robert Mühren.
Oops, FC Utrecht takes the lead. Souffian El Karouani hits hard with his right hand. Nick Verschuuren seems to change the direction of the ball slightly, meaning Kayne van Oevelen can no longer prevent the counter goal.
Sloppy loss of ball by Nordin Bukala and he suffers a life-threatening counter from FC Utrecht. Fortunately, Kayne saves van Oevelen.
A perilous moment for FC Volendam’s goal. The ball hangs after Nick Viergever finds a teammate with a back heel. Sebastien Haller’s attempt is saved by Van Oevelen, after which the flag goes up for offside.
Finally Volendam is in front of the goal again. Ozan Kökcü gets the ball from Henk Veerman, but his shot is too weak to cause Vasilis Barkas problems. It means the first danger in the second half for FC Volendam after more than twenty minutes.
FC Volendam does well there. After a sharp cross, Sebastien Haller shoots the ball just wide of the visitors’ goal. Part of the audience was already on the benches.
After the equalizer, FC Utrecht suddenly gained wings. FC Volendam is being pushed back considerably and must now be alert. In the meantime, trainer Rick Kruys has made two substitutions. Precious Ugwu and Robin van Cruijsen have been replaced by Deron Payne and Aurelio Oehlers. A new right side at FC Volendam.
The cucaracha echoes from the speakers in the Galgenwaard and then you know what time it is… Adrian Blake comes in well and shoots the equalizer under Kayne van Oevelen.
There was almost the equalizer! David Min gets the ball perfectly in front of his feet, but Sebastien Haller lies on the ground and gets the ball shot at him. If the former Ajax striker was not there, the ball would most likely have gone in.
FC Volendam started the second half with the same eleven players.
FC Volendam takes the lead against FC Utrecht! Robin van Cruijsen is sent excellently deep by Henk Veerman, after which the talented midfielder slides the ball under Vasilis Barkas.
FC Utrecht becomes a little more dangerous towards half time. With a number of corner kicks and free kicks, the ball ended up in front of Kayne van Oevelen’s goal, but the goalkeeper had to make few saves.
FC Utrecht is close to the opening goal. Souffian El Karouani curls a free kick over the wall with his left, after which goalkeeper Kayne van Oevelen tips the ball out of the top corner with his fingertips.
FC Volendam puts on a strong match in the first half hour.The New Orange has a lot of the ball and plays neat positional play. FC Utrecht lags behind a lot and fails to put pressure on Volendam.
There are opportunities for FC Volendam in this opening phase. The team of coach Rick Kruys has more control over the match than FC Utrecht, which is very sloppy in its build-up. The home team has already handed the ball over to Volendam at least five times.
A carom in front of FC Volendam’s goal. Sebastian Haller bounces off goalkeeper Kayne van Oevelen twice and the ball eventually goes wide.
FC Volendam starts the match well. Something that coach Rick Kruys also wanted, because that has not been possible in many away matches this season. Robin van Cruijsen appeared dangerously in front of the goal, but on the other side Adrian Blake also passed a number of Volendam players. The subsequent corner was easily cleared.
The first chance of the match is for FC Volendam. After a long ball, Henk Veerman sets it up for Ozan Kökcü, who serves Brandley Kuwas. The winger shoots hard and Vasilis Barkas has difficulty with the shot from distance.
FC Volendam plays the ball rolling, but has to go back to goalkeeper Kayne van Oevelen due to the pressure. The keeper shoots the ball against the chasing Sebastian Haller, after which the ball ends up in the away box.
Henk Veerman has kicked off in the Galgenwaard at FC Utrecht – FC Volendam.
FC Volendam became champions on this field last season.The New Orangewon 3-2 thanks to a hat trick from Henk Veerman. After previously securing promotion, it was able to celebrate the championship on April 28.
Rick Kruys played 163 games in the Premier League for FC Utrecht. The head coach of FC Volendam spent six years in the youth academy and made his debut in the first team in 2003. Kruys played in the main squad of FC Utrecht until 2008.
Royal HFC did itself a good service by beating AFC 1-2 on its visit to Amsterdam. The Haarlem team went into halftime with a lead thanks to a beautiful curled shot in the crossbar by former Telstar player Cas Dijkstra.
Shortly after the interruption, goalkeeper Mitchel Michaelis made a horrible mistake after a back pass rolled under her foot: 1-1. In the final phase, both teams looked for victory, but HFC was the only one still effective. Delano Ladan scored the winning goal on behalf of the visitors.
AFC is now 8th in the second division after 10 rounds. HFC climbs to place 10 thanks to the victory.
In the second division, Royal HFC won 2-1 against AFC. HHC Hardenberg was too strong for RKAV Volendam with 2-1.
Many FC Volendam players have a past in the cathedral city. Nordin Bukala, Gibson Yah, Aurelio Oehlers, Yannick Leliendal, Anthony Descotte and Henk Veerman went through the youth academy of FC Utrecht or played in the first team.
Welcome to our live blog. Here we will keep you informed of everything that happens on the North Holland sports fields. With special attention to FC Volendam, Ajax and AZ tonight.