RKC Waalwijk has not managed to give its own supporters a good start to carnival. The team of coach Henk Fraser lost the carnival match against Fortuna Sittard on Friday evening with 1-2. Despite that defeat, it will be plenty of party in Schoenlapperslaand in the coming days.
RKC Waalwijk unpacks every year around the carnival competition. For example, a carnival shirt was launched for the sixth year in a row. The shirt -printed shirt in the colors red, yellow and blue Shoelapperslaand, as Waalwijk is called Carnival,, “ Was very popular with fans and other football fans.
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Everywhere in the Mandemakers Stadium, supporters were shown early in the evening on Friday evening. As Do and son Tomás (‘But people call me’) Horta from Leidschendam who bought a ticket especially for the carnival competition. “At the Christmas auction of my club RKAVV we decided to offer this game, because we thought it would be nice to experience once. And then of course with a carnival suit.”
“We heard from others that RKC Waalwijk is a nice club,” says his father. “A beer is certainly part of that with such a competition. But honestly, if we had been to Telstar, for example, we would have done exactly the same.”
“We hope they are able to maintain themselves.”
Senn Zijlmans from Kaatsheuvel enjoys the atmosphere in a stand behind the goal. He is especially a fan of midfielder Mohamed Ihattaren, who is called irritating by him. “A good player, RKC Waalwijk has been playing well in the last few weeks. We hope they are able to maintain themselves,” said father Pierrot.
If fifteen minutes before the start of the Prince Renaldo match, adjutant Marco and the Council of 11 enter the honorary grandstand, the party will start. The DJ does not run the normal songs to warm up the audience, but Snollebollekes and other carnival crackers.
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Marielle, Anita and Elke from Waalwijk also go loose, but then a few subjects away. “There was no room for us anymore in the stands, so we’ll just sit here. But here too we are building our party,” say the three women of councilors.
Disappointing first half
The supporters of RKC Waalwijk saw a somewhat disappointing first half. The guests from Limburg, with a good number of dressed up supporters in the branch, were able to cheer after eight minutes after the 0-1 of Alessio da Cruz. Among others, Richonell Margaret and Michiel Kramer, who played because of the injury of striker Oskar Zawada, got opportunities on the equalizer, but they did not get the ball behind goalkeeper Mattijs Branderhorst.
The second half was more exciting than good. The two teams were matched and no longer seemed to change in the stand. Substitute Silvester van de Water still took care of the equalizer in the extra time. However, it turned out not enough for a point, because in the very last minute the Limburgers made it 1-2. Due to the defeat, RKC Waalwijk remains seventeenth in the Eredivisie and it must hope that the teams above it will not get any points this weekend.