Football : Netherlands : Eredivisie - League
Date: Sunday 11 August 2013 Kick-off: 4.30 pm (local)
Venue: MANDEMAKERS STADION (Waalwijk) 5:30pm GMT
RKC Waalwijk
RKC ended up only 4 points of the relegation playoffs last season, and
the preseason friendlies didn’t inspire either, managing only 1 win in
seven games. So an away point against FC Twente on opening day was a
great result.
In truth they can count themselves lucky. They gave FC Twente far too much time and space on the ball, and were fortunate that Twente squandered those chances.
Waalwijk sold their striker Florian Jozefzoon (7 goals last season) to PSV for €400K , but have spent nothing , preferring to bolster the squad with loaned players, or picking them up for free.
But Waalwijk did manage to sign a name familiar to Dutch football from a bygone era, 35year old Dennis Rommedahl, the famous Dan.
Both Imad Najah and Mart Lieder are out of this match with knee injuries.
In truth they can count themselves lucky. They gave FC Twente far too much time and space on the ball, and were fortunate that Twente squandered those chances.
Waalwijk sold their striker Florian Jozefzoon (7 goals last season) to PSV for €400K , but have spent nothing , preferring to bolster the squad with loaned players, or picking them up for free.
But Waalwijk did manage to sign a name familiar to Dutch football from a bygone era, 35year old Dennis Rommedahl, the famous Dan.
Both Imad Najah and Mart Lieder are out of this match with knee injuries.
Vitesse Arnhem
Everyone wondered how Vitesse would recover from sellin their best 2
players in the summer transfer window: Bony to Swansea (€13.8M) and van
Ginkel to Chelsea (€5M) ...
The answer is quite well, as Vitesse have just picked up Chile U20 defender Cristian Cuevas and Brazilian striker Lucas Piazon on loan form Chelsea. There is starting to become a Latin American feel to the side as these players will compliment Renato Ibarra the Ecuadorian winger who already got on the score sheet against Heracles on opening day.
That match was a very comfortable win for Viitesse, and it came as a shock that they crashed out of Europe mid week to Romanian side Petrolul Ploiesti. The Romanians scored from a free kick 3 minutes into extra time to progress.
Vitesse coach Peter Bosz blamed poor defending and will ask for an immediate response and better performance from his team on Sunday.
Both new loan signings are going to be rested for this match
The answer is quite well, as Vitesse have just picked up Chile U20 defender Cristian Cuevas and Brazilian striker Lucas Piazon on loan form Chelsea. There is starting to become a Latin American feel to the side as these players will compliment Renato Ibarra the Ecuadorian winger who already got on the score sheet against Heracles on opening day.
That match was a very comfortable win for Viitesse, and it came as a shock that they crashed out of Europe mid week to Romanian side Petrolul Ploiesti. The Romanians scored from a free kick 3 minutes into extra time to progress.
Vitesse coach Peter Bosz blamed poor defending and will ask for an immediate response and better performance from his team on Sunday.
Both new loan signings are going to be rested for this match
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