Alcides ‘helps’ finalist Heino to first victory

Alcides suffered a dramatic defeat at home against Heino: 0-2. The team of trainer Wilko Niemer thus ‘helped’ the last player from the fourth division A of Sunday football to the first victory. ,,If you don’t want to work hard, you’ll never win a game”, were Niemer’s first words afterwards.

After the 0-0 halftime score, the Alcides coach still had good hopes that his team would take the win or at least a point. Although he must also have seen that his team created few chances and the number of ball losses was far too many. The pilot of hope for a three-pointer did not go up after two flawless hits from Heino. “They had the will to win. That was missing with us today”, reported Niemer, who had just stepped out of a dead quiet dressing room, where on the other side Heino celebrated the win exuberantly, singing and hopping.

At the 0-1 (already in the 51st minute), Niemer and the spectators in the artificial light had noticed that defender Glenn Arts did not look good. ,,Weak defense of Glenn. And that after he solved all problems together with Marnix Jager in the first half.” When the 0-2 fell, just over three minutes before the end (a hard header directly from a corner), the issue was settled.

The home club had insisted after the 0-1, but was much too sloppy in the passing and created very few opportunities for itself again. ,,Work hard after this big downer and thus climb out of the valley”, is Niemer’s motto for the coming training sessions on the way to a cup weekend against Dwingeloo and difficult opponents in the competition such as Be Quick 1887, VOC, HBS and Hoogeveen.