Tonight Telstar could not give the good feeling of the Eclatante 5-0 win over FC Dordrecht. Note against fellow countryman FC Volendam in the fisherman’s derby was lost 3-0. Telstar defender Devon Koswal fought the necessary grim duels with Henk Veerman, who could score three times. “You have to be very strong in your shoes against such a striker.”
“Extra exercises in the powerhouse,” Koswal replies to the question of how you can stop Veerman. “You have to fight the whole game with him. It is difficult for you to prepare for it. You have to take a heavy fight into account.”
The 21-year-old Koswal had hoped that he and his teammates had been able to stop Veerman and possibly return home with points. “If we had finished our chances in the first half, it will be a completely different competition. They score from three standard situations. Of course they also have the length for that,” said Koswal about the power of FC Volendam.
View the reaction of Telstar trainer Anthony Correia below.
“We offered a very good party in the first half. I think we were even the parent in the first fifteen minutes,” Correia analyzes the game. “We also had two big chances, but we don’t make them. In the second half we played against ‘FC Veerman’ and that was a size too big.”
Battle for the play-offs
Due to the defeat in Volendam, Telstar has dropped a place to the eighth position in the ranking. The next game is waiting for Telstar on Friday. Roda JC is then the opponent in Velsen-Zuid. If the team of Anthony Correia wants to continue to participate in the battle for the play-offs, then a good result against the Limburgers is very desirable. The game between Telstar and Roda JC can be followed live in a new broadcast of NH Sport on NH Radio and in our live blog.