Match Report


SC HeerenveenSC Heerenveen     Willem II TilburgWillem II Tilburg
Computer Player Computer Player David Bacon David Bacon
Pieter Van NistelrooyP. Van Nistelrooy68
G
1
G
74Ovidiu RaducioiuO. Raducioiu
Jean-Philippe BlancJ. Blanc69
D
2
D
74Andre AntunesA. Antunes
Dries de VosD. de Vos67
D
3captain
D
67Matthias GeisM. Geis
Ronald TobiassenR. Tobiassen66
D
4
D
71Fabian Natale PandolfiF. Pandolfi
Ben Lua-LuaB. Lua-Lua70
M
5
M
75Eric PolheimE. Polheim
Orlando Van BastenO. Van Basten66
M
6
M
74Steven FoxS. Fox
Orlando PothuizenO. Pothuizen62
M
7
M
77Arjan ten BrinkA. ten Brink
Helder MonteiroH. Monteiro56
M
8
M
70Ivan MonteroI. Montero
Paul van den BergP. van den Berg71
A
captain9
A
72Jorge CastroJ. Castro
Romero P. PichichiR. Pichichi64
A
10
A
69Leslie NovielloL. Noviello
Giuliano Di FrancescoG. Di Francesco57
A
11
A
79Aron ScharrenburgA. Scharrenburg
 
Alfred LawrenceA. Lawrence65
D
12
G
54Ricardo AntunesR. Antunes
Abdoullaye TouréA. Touré64
D
13
D
64Alejandro ApolloniA. Apolloni
Marcel BrugginkM. Bruggink63
G
14
A
69Graham MannG. Mann

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Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at Abe Lenstra Stadion where SC Heerenveen play host to Willem II Tilburg. A crowd of 20,555 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
The pitch is in good condition.
Both SC Heerenveen and Willem II Tilburg are lined up in a 3-4-3 formation.
Today's match is refereed by Dami‘n Veldman.


0.00
SC Heerenveen kick off and get the first half underway!
2.35
Helder Monteiro passes the ball forward to Romero P. Pichichi. Romero P. Pichichi shoots from long range. The keeper is more than a match for it. Great keeping!
4.50
Matthias Geis sees Steven Fox in space ahead and quickly passes the ball. Steven Fox threads the ball through to Jorge Castro. Jorge Castro knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Ronald Tobiassen.
6.22
Fabian Natale Pandolfi hits a low pass to Eric Polheim. Eric Polheim makes a probing pass to Leslie Noviello. Leslie Noviello lofts in a cross ball towards Aron Scharrenburg. With a superhuman jump, Aron Scharrenburg connects with the ball and heads it goalwards. Pieter Van Nistelrooy manages to gather it.
14.41
Fabian Natale Pandolfi deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Ivan Montero. With great vision, Ivan Montero plays the ball forward to Aron Scharrenburg. Aron Scharrenburg sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. The ball swerves viciously but the keeper is more than a match for it. Well saved!
18.18
Eric Polheim makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Leslie Noviello. Leslie Noviello tries a spectacular long range effort but it's a woeful effort!
21.34
Dries de Vos clumsily knocks into Arjan ten Brink. Dries de Vos is warned by the referee! Arjan ten Brink runs off the knock.
24.42
Giuliano Di Francesco hacks Matthias Geis from behind! The referee calls over Giuliano Di Francesco and warns him to calm down! Matthias Geis hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
26.04
Steven Fox sees Aron Scharrenburg in space ahead and quickly passes the ball. Aron Scharrenburg shoots from distance. It smacks hard against the advertising boards behind the goal. Just wide!
27.10
Matthias Geis sees space and advances. Matthias Geis makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Aron Scharrenburg. Aron Scharrenburg whips in a cross ball towards Leslie Noviello. Leslie Noviello finds space and glances the ball goalwards with his head. Pieter Van Nistelrooy is helpless! The ball slams into the back of the net - goal!!
30.58
Jean-Philippe Blanc controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Orlando Van Basten. Orlando Van Basten makes a simple pass to Romero P. Pichichi. Romero P. Pichichi whips in a cross ball towards Giuliano Di Francesco. Giuliano Di Francesco finds space and glances the ball goalwards with his head. Ovidiu Raducioiu gathers the ball up comfortably. Superb keeping!
33.48
Matthias Geis flicks a high pass forward. Arjan ten Brink easily holds off his marker to collect the ball on his thigh. Arjan ten Brink makes a probing pass to Leslie Noviello. Leslie Noviello shoots from distance. Solid save from Pieter Van Nistelrooy. What a great pair of hands!
34.48
Orlando Van Basten makes a probing pass to Romero P. Pichichi. Romero P. Pichichi sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. The ball swerves in the air but the keeper is more than a match for it. Fabulous save!
36.05
Arjan ten Brink makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Aron Scharrenburg. Aron Scharrenburg rushes past Dries de Vos! Aron Scharrenburg looks for support before firing off a hurried shot at goal. Dries de Vos steps in front, blocking the shot. He clears the ball quickly up field.
38.17
Ronald Tobiassen clumsily knocks into Leslie Noviello. The referee warns Ronald Tobiassen to calm down! Leslie Noviello runs off the knock.
39.58
Fabian Natale Pandolfi deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Steven Fox. Steven Fox flicks a high pass forward. Jorge Castro holds off his marker to collect the ball on his thigh. Jorge Castro controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. The ball clips the outside of the post and goes out!
42.49
Willem II Tilburg are playing very deep making it very hard for their opposition to get back into the game.
44.13
Orlando Van Basten flicks a high ball forward to Paul van den Berg who takes it down. Paul van den Berg knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!

Both teams emerge for the second half. SC Heerenveen appear unchanged since the first half. Willem II Tilburg also appear unchanged since the first half.

45.00
Willem II Tilburg kick off!
49.35
Arjan ten Brink flicks a high pass forward. Jorge Castro holds off his marker to collect the ball on his thigh. Jorge Castro knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
57.22
Steven Fox makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Jorge Castro. Jorge Castro shoots from 20 yards but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
60.48
Helder Monteiro flicks the ball to his team mate, Romero P. Pichichi. Romero P. Pichichi whips in a cross ball towards Giuliano Di Francesco. Giuliano Di Francesco jumps high and flicks the ball with his head but he gets too far under it and it goes high into the crowd!
61.32
Matthias Geis passes the ball forward to Ivan Montero. Ivan Montero runs straight at the opposition's defence. Ivan Montero shoots from 20 yards. Pieter Van Nistelrooy gets down and covers it.
71.01
Seeing a gap ahead, Steven Fox plays the ball forward to Jorge Castro. Jorge Castro knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
72.55
Steven Fox knocks the ball to his team mate, Jorge Castro. Jorge Castro shoots from distance. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Jorge Castro!
77.33
Willem II Tilburg have made a substitution with Alejandro Apolloni replacing Eric Polheim and appear to have rearranged themselves into a 4-3-3 formation.
83.12
Orlando Pothuizen flicks the ball to his team mate, Giuliano Di Francesco. Giuliano Di Francesco controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it curls horrendously wide!
84.07
Ronald Tobiassen breaks forward. Ronald Tobiassen makes a probing pass to Giuliano Di Francesco. Giuliano Di Francesco whips in a cross ball towards Romero P. Pichichi. Romero P. Pichichi knocks the ball goalwards with his head but it's well over the bar!
89.23
With imagination, Fabian Natale Pandolfi plays the ball forward to Steven Fox. Seeing a gap ahead, Steven Fox plays the ball forward to Jorge Castro. Jorge Castro controls the ball well and immediately threads the ball forward, putting Leslie Noviello through on goal. Leslie Noviello comes in from the right and smashes a shot from 11 yards out but it sails harmlessly over the bar!
90.00
The referee whistles full-time!

Match Statistics
 

SC Heerenveen

Willem II Tilburg
Goals
0
2
Shots on Target
3
7
Shots off Target
3
5
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
3
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0

Possession
34.1%
65.9%
Play Area
29.3%
42.7%
28%

Scorers
Leslie Noviello 27
Jorge Castro 73

Man of the Match
The man of the match was awarded to Leslie Noviello of Willem II Tilburg

Match Ratings