Location: Argon sports complex
The second pool match for the cup takes us today to beautiful Mijdrecht near the Vinkeveen lakes. The weather is a little less than the previous match. Sunshine is alternated with heavy rain showers and so we start the match. In the beginning of the game it goes up and down and the first good chance is for us but the good chance is not appreciated and not finished. Also a header by Antonio is not promoted to a goal. Then it is argon that comes back into the game and is certainly stronger in the second part of the first half and gets a couple of good chances, one of which hits the post only for Zeus. So with some luck we escape a deficit. But then in the 40th minute, Moussa played a wide pass to Antonio and it was 0-1. With that we go into the break. After the break the chances are piling up and Argon has more trouble keeping up with the pace. The chances get better and better, but every time their goalkeeper is there to stop the balls. Until the 80th minute he manages to do so again and again, but then it is Rai who takes a deflected ball just outside the sixteen on his slipper and hits the 0 - 2 via the post into the net. That is also the final score.
With the result of the other group game Groningen - Den Bosch 2-0 in mind, the next round is certainly achievable.
But first Aston Villa visits us on Wednesday for the first game of the NextGen Series. So then we can show that we learned something last season and also stand our ground in this competition.
See you on Wednesday and good luck then.
De la Paz, Kardes,Bazoer,Hermannsson, de Wijs, Noor (60th Leemans), Sanoh (75th Vloet), Rommens, Antonio, Rayhi, Jakobesen (60th Maria).