The Tukkers’ title ambitions suffered a setback as goals from Lasse Schone, Kevin Conboy and Genero Zeefuik saw off Steve McClaren’s men with ease.
On Eredivisie match-day 25, NEC Nijmegen recorded an impressive 3-1 win over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233 Enschede at McDOS Goffertstadion on Sunday, March 11.
NEC asserted their authority right from the kick-off and could have taken the lead early on. Krisztian Vadocz’s pass found Navarone Foor just outside the penalty area, and the forward raced into the box before firing wide of the target.
Moments later, at the other end, Luuk de Jong’s effort failed to trouble the home side's goalkeeper, Gabor Babos, while Rasmus Bengtsson’s headed effort was cleared off the line by Ryan Koolwijk.
The home side soaked up the pressure impressively and gained control of the match yet again. Lasse Schone saw his effort blocked by Bengtsson while the Enschede giants' goalkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nikolay-Mihaylov-c28019, made a good save to deny Foor from finding the back of
the net.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leroy-George-c22129 missed a good chance to break the deadlock, but he fired his shot wide of the target, much to the relief of the Tukkers head coach, Steve McClaren.
In the 44th minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wout-Brama-c37023 brought down Pavel Cmovs inside the penalty area, and the referee awarded a spot-kick. Schone coolly slotted the ball into the back of the net from the spot .
Five minutes into the second-half, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kevin-Conboy-c20711 doubled his side’s advantage. Koolwijk’s free-kick found Conboy in the box, and the stopper sent the ball past Mihaylov with a neat back-heel.
Moments later, the Tukkers could have pulled one back, but NEC goalkeeper made another fine save to deny De Jong from close range.
The miss proved to be a costly one for the visiting side, as the Nijmegen outfit increased their lead further in the 59th minute. Koolwijk’s free-kick found Zeefuik inside the penalty area, and the on-loan http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 Eindhoven striker made no mistake
in heading the ball into the bottom corner of the net.
Steve McClaren’s men mounted pressure on the hosts’ back-line in the remaining action in a bid to crawl their way back into the game and they were rewarded for their efforts in the 77th minute. Glynor Plet headed home Ola John’s corner to make
the score-line 3-1.
However, the Tukkers failed to score further until the full time whistle, and NEC bagged all three points deservingly.
Following the loss, FC Twente dropped down to third place, four points behind the table-toppers, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/NEC-c40018 climb up to occupy the 12th spot in the league table, five points clear of the danger zone.
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