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Although Heerenveen had done everything it could to create the atmosphere in the Abe Lenstra stadium in the run-up to the game, it did not reflect on the eleven players who played the game. pompeblêden wore. The somewhat saltless first half showed that both teams are right where they are in the Eredivisie rankings, although both teams still managed to score a big chance. Sydney van Hooijdonk saw his shot blocked on a cross by Amin Sarr, and on the other side of the field Bilal Basacikoglu was close with a nice curly shot.
After the break it was Heracles that seemed to come out of the changing rooms the best, with Luca de la Torre testing Erwin Mulder’s reflexes with a nice bang. However, it was the home team that took the lead before an hour was played. It was Amin Sarr who set Heerenveen on course for the first league win since December 19.
VAR
Yet the equalizer still seemed to fall, when Sinan Bakis left on the edge of offside and shot flawlessly from the short corner. The linesman flagged the goal and was supported in that decision by VAR.
Heerenveen could therefore breathe a sigh of relief and even closed the game for good shortly before time, when Nick Bakker gave the last push with a free kick. The VAR also took its time for this moment, but again supported the arbitrary decision on the field.
With the win, Heerenveen carefully climbs the rankings. It is past Heracles and is eleventh.