Match Report
| VVV Venlo | VVV Venlo |  |  | Heracles Almelo | Heracles Almelo | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dominic Caldwell | D. Caldwell |  | 60 | G |  | 1 | | G | 71 |  | Joos Kluivert | J. Kluivert | |||||||||
| Ivar Kromkamp | I. Kromkamp | | 77 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 72 |  | Oscar Marquez | O. Marquez | |||||||||
| Henry Meijer | H. Meijer | | 68 | D | | 3 | | D | 72 |  | Mehdi Kelban | M. Kelban | |||||||||
| Erick Mata | E. Mata |  | 65 | D | | 4 | | D | 71 | | Raymond Arveladze | R. Arveladze | |||||||||
| Antoine Venema | A. Venema | | 65 | D | | 5 | | D | 66 |  | Bakary Richter | B. Richter | |||||||||
| Said Kreek | S. Kreek | | 73 | M | | 6 | | M | 67 | | Alje Moeliker | A. Moeliker | |||||||||
| Ronnie Hoogstrate | R. Hoogstrate | | 70 | M | | 7 | | M | 63 |  | Abdelkrim Kachloul | A. Kachloul | |||||||||
| Hugo Caballero | H. Caballero | | 66 | M | | 8 | | M | 60 | | Wilco Postma | W. Postma | |||||||||
| Daan van den Broek | D. van den Broek | | 79 | A | | 9 | | A | 68 | | Jamal Kuyt | J. Kuyt | |||||||||
| Jan Boussatta | J. Boussatta | | 67 | A | | 10 | | A | 59 |  | Daniele Facci | D. Facci | |||||||||
| Gregoor Moens | G. Moens | | 65 | A | | 11 | | A | 56 |  | Yann Favre | Y. Favre | |||||||||
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Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at De Koel where VVV Venlo play host to Heracles Almelo. A crowd of 20,708 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both VVV Venlo and Heracles Almelo are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both VVV Venlo and Heracles Almelo are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0The first half starts with Heracles Almelo kicking off!
2.03
0-0Daan van den Broek clumsily knocks into Raymond Arveladze. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Raymond Arveladze grimaces as he struggles to run off the knock.
4.28
0-0Oscar Marquez hacks Gregoor Moens from behind! Oscar Marquez is warned by the referee! Gregoor Moens runs off the knock.
6.15
Jamal Kuyt hacks Henry Meijer from behind! Jamal Kuyt is warned by the referee! Henry Meijer runs off the knock.
26.01
0-0The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
32.37
0-0Henry Meijer controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Hugo Caballero. Hugo Caballero sees a break and surges forward. Hugo Caballero lofts in a cross ball towards Daan van den Broek. Daan van den Broek heads the ball goalwards but it is miles over!
33.33
0-0Said Kreek controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Gregoor Moens. Gregoor Moens knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Joos Kluivert who gathers it comfortably.
34.00
Ivar Kromkamp advances with the ball. Ivar Kromkamp controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jan Boussatta. Jan Boussatta tries a spectacular long range effort but it flies wide!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
45.00
The whistle blows and VVV Venlo get the second half underway!
48.52
0-1Abdelkrim Kachloul controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jamal Kuyt. Jamal Kuyt makes a simple pass to Daniele Facci. Daniele Facci cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
59.47
0-1Erick Mata makes a simple pass to Ronnie Hoogstrate. Ronnie Hoogstrate surges forward with the ball. Ronnie Hoogstrate shoots from 20 yards. Joos Kluivert easily smothers it.
60.23
0-1Alje Moeliker brings the ball forward. Alje Moeliker deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Yann Favre but the linesman indicates offside!
61.48
Wilco Postma comes in with a late challenge on Said Kreek. Wilco Postma is warned by the referee! Said Kreek grimaces as he struggles to run off the knock.
63.13
Hugo Caballero controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jan Boussatta. Jan Boussatta knocks in a cross ball towards Gregoor Moens. Gregoor Moens powers a header at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
66.57
Ronnie Hoogstrate flicks the ball to his team mate, Daan van den Broek. Daan van den Broek knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
71.14
Hugo Caballero knocks the ball to his team mate, Gregoor Moens. Gregoor Moens shoots from 20 yards but it flies wide!
73.33
Antoine Venema knocks the ball forward to Said Kreek. Said Kreek knocks the ball to his team mate, Gregoor Moens. Gregoor Moens shoots from 20 yards but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
75.13
Ronnie Hoogstrate makes a beautiful solo run. Ronnie Hoogstrate flicks the ball to his team mate, Gregoor Moens. Gregoor Moens makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but it is miles over!
78.21
Abdelkrim Kachloul makes a simple pass to Jamal Kuyt. Jamal Kuyt knocks in a cross ball towards Daniele Facci. Daniele Facci is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but it curls horrendously wide!
81.18
Abdelkrim Kachloul brings the ball forward. Abdelkrim Kachloul knocks the ball forward to Jamal Kuyt. Jamal Kuyt tries a spectacular strike. It's miles wide!
85.18
Ronnie Hoogstrate makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Jan Boussatta. Jan Boussatta goes all the way! Jan Boussatta tries a spectacular strike. The ball comes in low, but Joos Kluivert easily smothers it!
87.54
Abdelkrim Kachloul advances with the ball. Abdelkrim Kachloul shoots from 25 yards but it is miles over!
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
1
Shots on Target
2
1
Shots off Target
6
3
Offsides
0
1
Fouls
1
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
72.2%
27.8%
Play Area
26.4%
45.8%
27.8%
Scorers