Location: Sportpark Corpus den Hoorn
The preparation is over. The tour of the Belgian countryside is over. Today the season starts. Everything has been done to start it well prepared. The water runs in swatches along the trained bodies. The green sheet is all ready, the copper plow at the very top is more than doing its job. Everything is hell lit. Slowly the crowd walks to the edge of the field. Everything is ready, just the temperature. Plus 30 degrees.
After the first whistle of the well-managing referee, we show that we are indeed ready. The first fifteen minutes we were still evenly matched but then we became stronger. The ball possession over the whole match is convincing. The first chance is a misunderstanding between our two strikers. But after half an hour it was Moussa who sent in a cross and Clint crossed the ball to Alexander who scored with a low hard shot into the corner. And so you see that you can also give an assist without touching the ball, Class Clint.
We went into the break with a score of 0 - 1.
After the break we continued on our way. Alberto passed the ball to Rai, who shot a truly magnificent lob into the top left corner to make it 0 - 2. If you think that Groningen wants to get a good result then they are wrong. Despite the 0 - 2 deficit, they continue to play with eleven men behind the ball and in their own half. The good thing is that we do not allow them to play another concept. Bram hit the post after a nice attack. And the icing on the cake was Mo, who took a devastating shot from the edge of the penalty area and hit the underside of the crossbar to make it 0 - 3.
A few more minutes enjoying the fantastic weather and the referee whistles for the last time. We can now get back into our air-conditioned bus and after losing the necessary moisture, we can focus on the next match next Wednesday. Against........ yes indeed, Groningen.
Guys good luck and we keep going like this.


Jesse Bertrams, Bram van Vlerken, Riechedly Bazoer, Jorrit Hendrix,Sander Heesakkers (80th Hjötur Hermannsson), Farshad Noor (80th Olivier Rommers), Moussa Sanoh (61st Mohamed Rayhi), Clint Leemans, Geraldo Alberto Antonio, Rai Vloet (61st Albian Muzaqi), Alexander Jakobsen.