with videoMVV Maastricht continues to perform excellently in the Kitchen Champion Division. The young team of trainer Maurice Verberne won 4-0 against Helmond Sport in De Geusselt in Maastricht. Ruben van Bommel, Mark’s 18-year-old son, was the star. It was not enough to take over the lead, as Heracles won 1-2 at Willem II with a late goal.
With a goal and assist in the first half, Van Bommel was important from the left wing, a role he was allowed to fill from kick-off for the second week in a row. Last week, MVV already won 0-1 at PEC Zwolle and in a packed stadium, MVV also showed excellent football for its own audience. Van Bommel opened the score halfway through the first half and in the 37th minute he gave the assist to Nicky Souren’s 2-0 after a nice dribble over the left wing. An unfortunate own goal by Helmond Sport midfielder Håkon Holmefjord Lorentzen made it 3-0 six minutes after the break, allowing MVV to finish the second half with confidence. It was even 4-0 in the 85th minute. Again it was an own goal, now a clumsy one from Helmond Sport captain Robin van der Meer.
Heracles Almelo won 1-2 at Willem II and thus remains the leader. Jizz Hornkamp, who was replaced by his trainer Kevin Hofland after half an hour last Monday, was back in the starting lineup tonight and made the 1-0 shortly after the break. In an atmospheric King Willem II Stadium, Hofland’s team could not take the three points, because in the 62nd minute Lucas Schoofs equalized on behalf of Heracles. It seemed to stay that way in Tilburg, but Thomas Bruns made the winning 1-2 for the Heraclieden in the 90th minute.
Number three PEC Zwolle, which has two points less than Heracles, recovered well from last week’s home defeat against MVV. The team of trainer Dick Schreuder won 0-5 at TOP Oss.
ADO Den Haag went down again. Dirk Kuyt’s team lost 2-3 to VVV-Venlo. Via basic debutant Silvinho Esajas it became 1-0 after five minutes, but thanks to goals from Rick Ketting (’45) and Tristan Dekker (’66), VVV came in 1-2. Xander Severina, the left-footed right winger of ADO who again played a good game, made the 2-2 on behalf of ADO fifteen minutes before the end. In the 96th minute it still went completely wrong for ADO, when VVV made the 2-3 via striker Nick Venema and took the three points.
FC Den Bosch won 2-1 against De Graafschap, which took the lead thanks to a special goal by Alexander Büttner.
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