FC Twente Enschede 4-0 Willem II Tilburg – Eredivisie match report
The reigning Eredivisie champions, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Willem-II-c40945 Tilburg 4-0 at the De Grolsch Veste on Sunday, May 1. The home side outclassed the Tricolores in every department on the field and secured all three points deservingly.
The Tukkers started the match with aggressive intent and were in no mood to take the relegation contenders easy. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bryan-Ruiz-c8180 gave the visitors a tough time in the opening 45 minutes and remained a constant threat for the Tricolores on the pitch. However,
he was unable to find the back of the net.
The Tukkers took the lead in the 39th minute, when Ruiz controlled Nacer Chadli’s long ball into the area. He could’ve taken the shot himself, but saw http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luuk-de-Jong-c22956 in an even better position and slid a pass to Jong who made no mistake in finding
the back of the net. The home side went into the break leading 1-0.
The second-half started with same aggression, but it was not Ruiz’s day to score a goal. He was denied just after three minutes into the second-half by the visitors’ goalkeeper, Vladan Kujovic.
Twente, however, did not lose hope and scored their second goal of the evening in the 50th minute through Douglas http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Theo-Janssen-c34871 and sent a low cross in the box for the versatile defender
who made no mistake in slotting home the second.
In the 63rd minutes, things went from bad to worse for the visitors, when Dragan Jelic’s own goal gave the home side a three-goal cushion.
Michel Preud’homme, Twente manager, sent http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rasmus-Bengtsson-c30627 on the field for Douglas in the 68th minute.
In the 76th minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wout-Brama-c37023 to the ground in the box and the referee did not hesitate in awarding the home side a penalty. Janssen made no mistake in making it 4-0 in the 77th minute and sealed all three points
for the home side.
The victory ensured that the defending Dutch champions are one point ahead of Ajax Amsterdam in the league table. The Tukkers sit atop the pile and look confident to successfully defend their title.
Three points for the Tukkers were never in doubt from the start. Preud’homme’s men went into this game knowing that they could be crowned the champions if they managed to win and the Amsterdammers lost to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SC-Heerenveen-c40463. However, it could not be the case
as Ajax also won their duel, but the Tukkers were clearly in no mood to hand the Amsterdammers the advantage by dropping points in this encounter.
Twente will clash with Ajax at the Amsterdam Arena on Sunday, May 15, in a game that will be a fitting finale – a title decider – to a thrilling 2010/11 Eredivisie campaign.
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