A mediocre NAC Breda failed to beat Heracles in the Eurojackpot KNVB Cup. In Breda it was 1-4 on Wednesday. The cup adventure is also over for Halsteren. The last remaining Brabant amateur club lost 1-0. RKC will continue to convert. FC Eindhoven is currently playing an extension against amateurs.
The Pearl of the South played a weak first half against Heracles, the latter in the Eredivisie. The team from Almelo reached 0-1 in minute 21 via a beautiful long shot into the top corner by Ajdin Hrustic. Ten minutes later it was ex-FC Den Bosch player Jizz Hornkamp who headed in the 0-2. NAC coach Carl Hoefkens has made Kostas Lamprou his new first goalkeeper. But the Greek goalkeeper was completely wrong with the 0-2.
In the second half, NAC came out of the locker room a lot brighter. That quickly resulted in a great chance and ultimately a goal. A header from Sydney van Hooijdonk was parried by the Heracles goalkeeper, but Boy Kemper was quick to save the rebound.
Despite the fact that NAC was the better team, they were defeated in a counter. Breda players had several opportunities to counteract by committing a tactical foul, but did not dare to do so and Yvandro Borges Sanches scored for the 1-3. To make matters worse, Heracles also made it 1-4.
Fairytale Halsteren is over
Unfortunately, no more chance for Halsteren to play against a professional club. The 4th Division team already qualified well for the first round of the cup, but Genemuiden SC, which plays at a higher level, turned out to be slightly more efficient. In the second half, the Brabant amateur team had an excellent chance to equalize, but failed to score from the penalty spot and the score remained 1-0.
FC Eindhoven has difficulty with amateurs
August 29 was the last time FC Eindhoven won an official match. Then they won 1-0 against RKC. Since then it hasn’t worked anymore, and even now it’s not easy. Even against the amateurs of HSV Hoek it is not possible to win immediately.
Hoek took the lead in the first minutes from a corner. Fortunately, the blue and white were able to take revenge and were still ahead 1-2 before half time after headers from Clint Essers and Rangelo Janga. But a few minutes before the end, Gertjan Martens suddenly appeared and extended the match in Zeeland. This is currently still being played.
RKC is one round further
There was a party in Waalwijk tonight. SC Cambuur won nicely. It was the evening of headed goals, because here too the 1-0 came from the head of Tim van der Leij. The second was made by Juan Familio-Castillo. Cambuur did something back, of course through the head, but the margin turned out to be enough for RKC to pull out a victory. Ultimately the score was 3-2 in the Mandemakers Stadium.