Reasons behind http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233 Enschede’s first defeat of the 2011/12 campaign – Dutch Eredivisie special
FC Twente Enschede tasted the first defeat of their 2011/12 campaign when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roda-JC-c40375 Kerkrade outplayed the Tukkers on the field and emerged victorious 2-1 in front of their home crowd. Both sides changed their tactics and played an interesting match, but De
Koempels exploited the opportunities that the Enschede giants’ unusual formation offered them.
Harm van Veldhoven, De Limburgers manager, opted for a 4-5-1 formation with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mads-Junker-c23039 upfront. The home side’s style of play was also different in this match. In the opening 20 minutes, the hosts’ main objective was to absorb pressure and for that very
reason they sat deep in their own half, which got them rewards as the match progressed.
On the other hand, the Tukkers manager Co Adriaanse changed his usual 4-3-3 formation to a 4-4-2 formation. In the absence of injured Nacer Chadli, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Emir-Bajrami-c12511 and Bryan Ruiz, Adriaanse could have given Steven Berghuis a chance to start the match, but the
Dutch trainer opted to leave the right-wing vacant, interestingly.
In the first 20 minutes of the encounter, the Tukkers pressed hard and surprised the home side with their impressive show on the pitch. However, things started to change and De Koempels’ five-man midfield started to prove their worth.
The visitors’ game plan, in the absence of a right-winger, mainly consisted of Ola John crosses from the left targeting http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marc-Janko-c23484. Nothing came of that initially; however, consistent pressing rewarded the Tukkers 10 minutes from half time. Janko was the
man of the moment. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pawel-Kieszek-c29562 blocked Willem Janssen’s effort from distance but the Austrian ace made no mistake in finding the back of the net.
The hosts replied instantly and levelled the score-line through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nikolay-Mihaylov-c28019.
Roda JC scored their second of the evening only two minutes after the break through Donald, who had a tough opening half of the match. The Tukkers tried to find an equaliser in the next 14 minutes but failed to create any real opportunity.
Adriaanse then changed his formation to 4-3-3 in the 61st minute. Berghuis was finally introduced on the pitch in place of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Peter-Wisgerhof-c29829. After his introduction on the right-wing, the Tukkers desperately tried to force the ball forward, providing
more space for the home side to counter.
In the remaining half-hour of action, De Koempels’ counter-attacks proved more threatening than the Tukkers’ attempts to find Janko, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luuk-de-Jong-c22956 or Berghuis upfront. However, no goals were added to the score-sheet when the referee blew the final whistle.
This was certainly a strange match as both sides fielded different formations than they are used to playing. Veldhoven used the 4-5-1 formation to deal with Twente’s impressive midfield strength. However, Adriaanse forged a formation to fit in his ideal
staring XI, rather than aim at the opposition game plan. Although Adriaanse could have given Berghuis a starting berth, he left the right wing position vacant to accommodate new acquisition, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leroy-Fer-c22126, in the midfield.
Tactics deployed by of Roda JC prospered against Twente. They managed to do so as they adapted their starting eleven according to their game plan.
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