The fireworks beforehand were followed by fireworks on the field, because the IJsselderby had a sparkling opening phase with opportunities from both sides. Ogechika Heil and Isac Lidberg had great opportunities for Go Ahead, while on the other side Djavan Anderson hit the bar and Oussama Darfalou placed the ball in the side net in a promising position.
Go Ahead had suffered a sensitive bloodletting in the run-up to the derby. Midfielder Luuk Brouwers, one of the stars this season and active for FC Utrecht after the summer, was missing due to an ankle injury. Heil replaced the Brabander in the base of Go Ahead.
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At PEC Zwolle, Oussama Darfalou returned to the base after an injury and Yuta Nakayama after a suspension. On the other hand, Mustafa Saymak dropped out due to a knee injury and Thomas van den Belt due to a suspension. Both had been in the starting line-up for the Zwolle players in the last match before the international match against FC Twente.
The precarious position of PEC Zwolle ensured that the pressure on the derby was extra great. Dick Schreuder’s team managed to work its way up after the winter break, left last place for a while, but after defeats against Feyenoord and FC Twente, started again as the last of the neighbors quarrel. Go Ahead has ten points more and does not seem to have to worry about major relegation anymore, where it is five to twelve in Zwolle, also due to the heavy program with confrontations with AZ, Ajax and PSV in the last six rounds.
After an hour of play, the game was halted for a while after supporters of PEC dropped smoke bombs behind the goal of Go Ahead keeper Noppert.
Erik Pasman
For PEC Zwolle it was an absolute must to win the derby in order to get the wind in the sails again in the fight against relegation. Go Ahead trainer Kees van Wonderen, active at SC Heerenveen after this season, indicated in advance that he hoped that PEC will stay in it, so that two IJsselderbies can be played next season, but not everyone thinks that way. There is also enough gloating in Deventer about the impending sinking of the great rival.
bluff poker
After the break, PEC Zwolle showed more will to win than the guests from Deventer, who had been too strong at home with 1-0 earlier this season. Trainer Dick Schreuder, who got the team up and running again from an almost hopeless position this season, realized that only a victory could help Zwolle and went full on the attack. Not like many trainers do in the final phase, but already in the 64th minute he gave an offensive impulse by bringing in attacker Gervane Kastaneer, Luka Adzic and Slobodan Tedic and out defender Maikel van der Werff, midfielder Pelle Clement and wingback Djavan Anderson. to fetch.
Schreuder’s bluff poker worked, because PEC Zwolle got the upper hand in the game, only the old problem of the poor finish reared its head again. Daishawn Redan immediately had a good chance, but pushed past, while moments later Sai van Wermeskerken hit the post. The rebound was used by Kastaneer, but he did so from an offside position. With the courage of despair, PEC Zwolle kept looking for the attack, but there were no more chances and the poison cup had to be emptied completely, when ex-PSV player Rommens placed the ball beautifully in the Zwolle goal in injury time. With this, PEC Zwolle has again suffered three defeats in a row and it becomes a heathen job to avert relegation.