Germanicus striker Nance Hoogeveen had to get going after a few beers against Twedo, but ultimately decided the derby: 2-4

Nance Hoogeveen was ultimately the celebrated man at Germanicus’ side. The guests’ striker needed almost 90 minutes to get up to speed. “Nance stayed sharp until the end,” coach Jan Wielink praised his attacker immediately afterwards.

‘Had a few beers’

“Yes, the keeper blundered twice and then I could easily score,” Hoogeveen, who turned 23 last week, looked back. “Yesterday I celebrated my birthday at home, so I didn’t go out to the Ganzenmarkt. I’ve had a few beers. Tonight I will go to Coevorden and the beer will certainly taste good after this victory.”

Germanicus remained undefeated even after the southeastern Drenthe neighbor battle. Things were not easy at the beautifully renovated sports park in Nieuw Amsterdam. Coach Wielink had predicted this in advance with all his football knowledge. The relegated first division club Germanicus encountered maximum resistance from the promoted third division club Twedo.

Twedo quickly and unexpectedly took the lead

“They have more football qualities,” coach Jannes de Lange of the hosts explained the difference in advance, “but we can work hard and will certainly make something good of it this afternoon.” The home team even took the lead quickly and unexpectedly. but saw Germanicus coming alongside again barely four minutes later. Just before half time, Roelof van Dijk even headed in 1-2. After tea, Twedo immediately wanted more. However, creating chances was extremely difficult against the stiff defense of the Coevorden team. The devil was in the absolute tail end of the match.

Germanicus’s Mahad Abdi, who was warming up, was shown a red card by the good referee Wolthof. Abdi interfered just outside and inside the lines with a quickly calmed uppercut. In the final minute, Twedo goalkeeper Rick Manting made a horrible mistake for the first time.

17-year-old Germanicus goalie had no chance

The keeper shot the ball hard against the buttocks of the disruptive Stan Meijerink, allowing Hoogeveen to easily run into the ball: 1-3. The cake was still not over in the injury time that had already started. Substitute Jeroen van den Ham shot the ball nicely for Twedo from a distance to make it 2-3. The 17-year-old Germanicus goalie Loyd Kuiper had no chance. With high balls in front of the goal, the home team continued to desperately search for the equalizer.

On the other hand, Manting made a mistake for the second time. Now he shot against Hoogeveen himself, who then easily scored his second goal: 2-4. “We gave it away because of those two mistakes,” grumbled De Lange. “By the way, Rick quickly put on the mantle and apologized to the team.” “From a football point of view, it wasn’t all that good,” said colleague Wielink from Germanicus. “We still have the full swing, so we can be satisfied in that respect.”