Dutch Eredivisie Week 22: the good, the bad, and the worse
Dutch Eredivisie week 22 was full of surprises. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Willem-II-c40945 Tilburg 7 – 1. Eredivisie giants, Ajax Amsterdam enjoyed a relatively easy game and managed to beat the visitors,
De Graafschap, 2 – 0. The reigning champions, FC Twente Enschede, had the opportunity to snatch the top spot in the league table after PSV lost their match, but they failed to bag all three points against FC Utrecht. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/NEC-c40018 Nijmegen was also disappointed by a
scoreless draw against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SC-Heerenveen-c40463.
Here is an analysis of how the Dutch clubs performed this week.
Superior Performers
Tim Matavz – FC Groningen
The 22-year-old prolific striker, Tim Matavz, is in supreme form this season, becoming the second leading goal scorer in Eredivisie by netting 15 goals for his side. The Slovenian international was linked with a move to Serie A side SSC http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003 in the recently
concluded transfer market, but the Pertenopei failed to reach an agreement with the Green-White-Army. However, Matavz misshapen move to Italy has not affected his form despite the fact that the young striker put an impressive performance to help his side claim
a 7 – 1 win over Willem II.
Mounir El Hamdaoui – Ajax Amsterdam
The Moroccan international, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AZ-c38571 Alkmaar striker has
netted 12 goals in 19 Eredivisie appearances. The 26-year-old forward is the leading goal scorer for Amsterdammers so far this season.
Wesley Verhoek – ADO Den Haag
ADO Den Haag surprised everyone, as the visitors hammered the league leaders, PSV Eindhoven 0 – 1, at Philips Stadion. The 24-year-old winger, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wesley-Verhoek-c36800, was the star performer in ADO’s triumph against PSV. The lone goal was scored in the dying minutes
of the match and it came off Verhoek’s boot. Verhoek remains to be one of the key players in his side’s successful campaign this season. The Dutch national has scored five goals this season, and provided useful assists.
Weak links
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ola-Toivonen-c28363 – PSV Eindhoven
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ibrahim-Afellay-c16547. It looks like Rutten has to improvise his tactics for the rest of the season,
as Toivonen failed to create anything in the centre of the pitch in the home loss against ADO on Saturday. The Swedish playmaker was in all sorts of trouble, as he failed to gain possession and his sublime passing was below the standards. PSV will be having
a difficult second half of the season if Toivonen fails to provide assistance in the midfield.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233 Enschede
The vastly experienced playmaker, Theo Janssen, has rescued FC Twente Enschede on many occasions with his sublime passing in the centre of the field. The current form of Janssen has evolved him into a better player hence classified among the best midfielders
in Eredivisie. The Dutch international’s performance was below par against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Utrecht-c39237, a match which was held at a 1 – 1 draw.
Bjorn Vleminckx – NEC Nijmegen
The 25-year-old http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Belgium-c2850 ace is the crown jewel of his team, netting 17 goals for his side this season. Bjorn Vleminckx is the Eredivisie leading goal scorer. He was extremely disappointed for not scoring in his last fixture being able to find back of the
net in almost every match with his sublime touch.
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