The match between FC Dordrecht and MVV has been temporarily halted in injury time due to racist expressions. After consultation between the arbitration and the clubs, the game ended with a gesture by the players against racism.
MVV lost the away match at FC Dordrecht 3-1. At halftime, the Maastricht team led 0-1, but after the break the home club turned that around. However, the venom was in the tail.
Statement
The match ended in an unusual way. Dordrecht’s Seydine N’Diaye went to arbitration because racist texts were shouted from the branch. There were two minutes left of extra time, but referee Martens stopped the game. .’Diaye walked off the field visibly emotional. After consultation, the players positioned themselves in midfield and knelt there to make a gesture against racism, after which the arbiter directed the teams to the changing rooms.
Polonaise
How different was the start of the match. The MVV fans who had traveled along used the polonaise for the first time and the ball was promptly put in the net behind Dordrecht goalkeeper Liam Bossin, 0-1 (19.) Orhan Dzepar scored again after almost five months. It is his fifth goal of the season.
Parade
On the other hand, goalkeeper Romain Matthys prevented the equalizer with a beautiful parade. In the 27th minute he whipped a bicycle kick from Conteh out of his goal. In the 39th minute FC Dordrecht received a penalty from referee Martens. Initially, the arbiter allowed the game to continue, but then whistled. Stijn Meijer shot the ball from eleven meters onto the post.
Spits Meijer and Conteh were close to the equalizer in the remainder of the first 45 minutes, but goalkeeper Matthys kept his team going. Suray hit the post again and MVV was allowed to rest with the narrow 0-1 lead.
One two Three
Five minutes had been played in the second half and Dordrecht had already had two chances in a row. And the third was hit: 1-1 (53.) Anouar el Azzouzi was the goalscorer. Marciano Aziz was replaced by trainer Klaas Wels for Kai Bösing. Just before that, MVV had the chance to make it 1-2, but Toshio Lake was offside. Dordrecht’s Pascu shot from a distance but Matthys was just able to get it.
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MVV struggled under the pressure from Dordrecht and cautiously got around to attacking a little more. That’s when the home side struck. Christian Conteh took the ball on the shoe and the attacker drove the ball against the ropes. In the 83rd minute, the defeat became final despite the linesman flagging for offside. Stijn Meijer was allowed to continue from referee Martens and determined the final score at 3-1.