FOOTBALL – FC Emmen is still seven points away from this season’s big goal: promotion to the Eredivisie. Provided Excelsior does not lose a single point in the next five matches. The P-word is of course frequent, but both the players and Dick Lukkien want to keep the focus on the next game, which is tomorrow.
Jong AZ, the number 12 of the Kitchen Champion Division, comes to visit and that in a sold-out Oude Meerdijk.
Lukkien saw last Monday that Volendam took a point with great pain and effort at Jong PSV, while Excelsior lost 3-0 at Almere City last Friday. His own team also did not play a good game in the last game, last Friday at De Graafschap, but a point was still dragged out of the fire. “I don’t know if we are more stable than our closest competitors, because I don’t see enough matches from FC Volendam and Excelsior for that. But I can say that we are stable. We are good in determination and playing together, actually the whole season As a result, there is great confidence in each other and yes, there may well be a bad match – such as against Almere City and last Friday against De Graafschap – but then we still manage to get a point out of the fire. If we are good, then we also know how to win a lot of games.”
The coach of the Drenthe club can again have Miguel Araujo at his disposal, who, despite the fact that he left training early today, will start in the base. As a result, Keziah Veendorp starts as right back. Metehan Güclü is also there again. The striker starts from the bench.
Michael Brouwer, Keziah Veendorp, Miguel Araujo, Jeroen Veldmate, Lorenzo Burnet, Oussama El Azzouzi, Jari Vlak, Ole Romeny, Rui Mendes, Reda Kharchouch and Jasin-Amin Assehnoun.