Final 8.

Away at Feyenoord. The opportunity to join the top. We start strongly. After twenty-five minutes the score was 0 - 3. Through goals by Nicolai, Sam and Martijn (and also a bit of physio Dirk).
We are in good position and almost every ball on goal is hit. What a spectacle. And then it comes down to it. Are we going to continue. Yes, but how? Within four minutes Feyenoord scored twice. Still nothing to worry about because just before halftime Martijn shoots in the fourth after a solo and scrimmage. There. That's that.
After halftime then...... . Yes then. Then it's a different story. A different game. No line. No perception. And a game of defense unparalleled.
With twenty minutes left it is 4 - 4. While it could/should have been 0-6 or 1-7. Then a small revival and some opportunities to still take three points but in the end you can be happy with 4-4 because in the last seconds a ball hit the post and we could have just lost.
Too bad I have to write this but it is the truth. And I would almost say unfortunately it is the truth.
Men we must learn from this. But it would also be nice if we could see that a lot had already been learned in the previous games. Gave away two points unnecessarily.
And this championship round we have already given away a lot of points (won't list them all, everyone knows that themselves).
That has to change. And we all know it: without valleys you have no peaks. But we have to get out of this valley quickly.
A weekend of rest and then next game against Willem II and there we also have something to put right.
Come on and let's go.
Good luck next week,
Bye.

vd Meulenhof, Abels, Peijnenburg, Carolina, Bannani, Rigo, Berden (85th van der Moot), Rommens (72nd Kardes), Lammers, Verreth (85th Konings), Laursen (70th Daneels).