Emotions are howling through Gelredome on a special evening for Vitesse: ‘Bizarre, a month ago we were almost dead’

With that victory, the team exceeded the wildest expectations of trainer Rüdiger Rehm. “They are not even two weeks. We only had a week together and in that week we had three games, so we have played everything together more often than we have been able to train together with the total group. But this group really wants to go for it. Everyone knows our situation. These guys really want to fight for Vitesse. There was also a great energy in the stadium, that was really fantastic.”

Captain Alexander Büttner was one of the players who led the fight. Just before the end of the game, he left the field with an applause change. The routinier had sustained an injury against RKC Waalwijk and played with painkillers.

Alexander Büttner enjoys it to the fullest

“A month ago we were almost dead and now you win for a sold-out stadium. That is bizarre and also very nice to experience. This one is in my top three,” said the former player of Manchester United and Anderlecht, among others.

It was amazing to see that the Vitesse team that is so short together was not at all for Helmond Sport, which has been playing together for three months. , I am also positively surprised, “says Rehm.

“I know what the boys have in their marchs, but we are still in the preparation phase. We now have a week in which we can train. We will need until October to get the team more responded. We should not think now that De Standaard is. There will also be a lesser competition. The most important thing is that we will continue to work hard.”

Sold out Gelredome is fully enjoying the first victory of the ash risen vitesse

Rehm built two completely new teams this season. After the lost summary proceedings, twelve first-team players left and the German could start again. “Of course that has been amazing. Of course I like to think of the team that we initially had. What makes a difference to the structure of the new team is that a number of boys remained and has experienced the whole process. Boys like Alexander Büttner, Dillon Hoogewerf, Adam Tahaui can help to make clear how we want to play.”

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Hoogewerf experienced a great moment against Helmond Sport. The attacker, who played Mönchengladbach in the youth of Ajax, Manchester United and Borussia, made the equalizer in a brilliant way, after Helmond Sport had taken the lead from a penalty kick. ,, It is wonderful to score on such an evening with so many people in the stands. This is a great moment for me. ”

Hoogewerf experienced the team’s collapse this summer. ,, That was very annoying, because I had a very good relationship with those guys. I also went to an internship at FC Zurich and finally had my contract dissolved, but then came the ruling of the Court of Appeal and I was able to use two weeks of reflection to return. I am very happy with that, because I really like to live in Arnhem. The city and the people, everything is great. Especially because we now have two children. It is also nice to be somewhere for more than a year. “

Fans of Vitesse commemorate a blow to Arnhem with a beautiful canvas of a military and a veteran

Tahaui, the maker of the beautiful 3-1, also decided not to leave when all the fellow players visited other clubs. “I also spoke with other clubs, but for a definitive transition I first wanted to wait for the judge’s statement, because I was confident that it would still be fine. The hope was lost, but the club showed fighting spirit to fight for the license. That has paid off in a fantastic evening in Gelredome with also my first goal in the professional.”