An eventful edition of FC Utrecht – Vitesse ended in a 1-1 draw on Sunday afternoon. In the game, which was stopped twice, Moussa Sylla and Danilho Doekhi scored the goals.
Like an orchestra leader, Henk Veerman once again whipped up the Bunnik Side from the dug-out, shortly before the end of FC Utrecht-Vitesse. Finally they were back in great numbers, the supporters of the club he had always wanted to play for. And they were needed too, Sunday evening, in the soaking wet Galgenwaard. And that apparently felt rushed. Without success, it turned out later. In the final phase, Danilho Doekhi later equalized on behalf of the Arnhem team (1-1).
tumultuous. That sticker fitted best on the duel between the two sub-toppers. And that could not be separated from the audience who returned to the stadium. That of Vitesse to be precise. After half an hour of play, when Moussa Sylla had gratefully benefited from a too soft pass from defender Jacob Rasmussen of the Arnhem team, massive fireworks were thrown onto the field from the visitors’ section. Referee Allard Lindhout saw no other option to stop the match.
The interruption of almost thirty minutes would be the start of a sequel in which the rain started to rain harder and the field in De Galgenwaard got worse and worse with every minute that passed. It probably explained why both teams barely managed to create serious opportunities for a long time. Yes, Lois Openda scored after an hour on behalf of the Arnhem team. Only he did this in an obvious offside position. On the other hand, Veerman was close to a second goal on behalf of the FC, after another mediocre defensive work by Rasmussen, the worst man in the Utrecht mud.
tumultuous. At least it was reflected in the way Vitesse substitute Adrian Grbic received a stupid red card in the second half, after he had planted his elbow in the face of FC Utrecht defender Mike van der Hoorn. With ten men, the assignment for the Arnhemmers became even more difficult.
If only because of the limited offensive efficiency of the Vitesse. Also from FC Utrecht by the way. Tellingly, for a long time Sylla’s goal was the only shot that ended between the posts. That could have been different if Lindhout had pointed to the dot shortly before time after substitute Willem Janssen had pulled down Openda within the sixteen. In contrast to the VAR, the leader did not consider the routine of the violation to be a penalty. This was it.
In stoppage time, when it was again restless between fans of both clubs, Vitesse still got its deserved goal. Doekhi outwitted FC Utrecht keeper Fabian de Keijzer.
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