At the start of the match, the field in the Euroborg was still full of snow. After ten minutes it turned out that it was too dangerous to play according to referee Alex Bos. The field was too slippery. After the game was stopped, dozens of volunteers cleared the snow from the grass with shovels.
Dozens of volunteers clear snow
In the final phase, the race was stopped again to clear the snow-covered lines.
PEC Zwolle took the lead in the Euroborg through a goal by Thijs Oosting. The footballer, who previously played for FC Groningen, coolly completed an assist from Olivier Aertssen in the eleventh minute. In the 37th minute, Thom van Bergen beautifully scored the equalizer. The FC Groningen attacker turned away from an opponent and hit hard from a distance with the orange-colored ball.
FC Groningen looked for the lead in the second half, but it was Sherel Floranus who put PEC Zwolle at 1-2 after almost an hour. The Curaçao international pushed the ball behind Surinamese international Etienne Vaessen during a snow shower. PEC Zwolle had to continue with ten men in the 72nd minute after Anselmo García Mac Nulty received his second yellow card. FC Groningen looked for the equalizer before and after the second interruption. That came in the 89th minute by Van Bergen again.