Match Report
| Heracles Almelo | Heracles Almelo |  |  | VVV Venlo | VVV Venlo | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | manager | Computer Player | Computer Player | |||||||||||||||||
| Diego Schomaker | D. Schomaker |  | 77 | G |  | 1 | | G | 68 |  | Raffaele Bondi | R. Bondi | |||||||||
| Sieb Moeliker | S. Moeliker | | 62 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 81 | | Eric Timmer | E. Timmer | |||||||||
| Jacques Malm | J. Malm |  | 59 | D | | 3 | | D | 78 | | Christopher Vermeulen | C. Vermeulen | |||||||||
| Adilson Van Putten | A. Van Putten | | 57 | D | | 4 | | D | 77 | | Orlando Koster | O. Koster | |||||||||
| Jo de Vries | J. de Vries | | 49 | D | | 5 | | D | 66 |  | Hugo Gomez | H. Gomez | |||||||||
| Raymond Redan | R. Redan | | 60 | M | | 6 | | M | 63 | | Gabriel Ruiz | G. Ruiz | |||||||||
| Menno Lobont | M. Lobont | | 60 | M | | 7 | | M | 57 | | Miguel Mora | M. Mora | |||||||||
| Bart Averdijk | B. Averdijk | | 58 | M | | 8 | | M | 55 | | Ruben Van Gastel | R. Van Gastel | |||||||||
| Edgar Lindenbergh | E. Lindenbergh | | 65 | A | | 9 | | A | 73 |  | Dietmar Hitzlsperger | D. Hitzlsperger | |||||||||
| Dave Bergkamp | D. Bergkamp | | 62 | A | | 10 | | A | 62 | | Bram Van Der Ree | B. Van Der Ree | |||||||||
| Marcos Molowny | M. Molowny | | 61 | A | | 11 | | A | 62 | | Julien Zebre | J. Zebre | |||||||||
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Match Report
Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at Polman Stadion where Heracles Almelo play host to VVV Venlo. A crowd of 18,460 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both Heracles Almelo and VVV Venlo are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both Heracles Almelo and VVV Venlo are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0The first half starts with Heracles Almelo kicking off!
2.21
0-0Ruben Van Gastel makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Bram Van Der Ree. Bram Van Der Ree lofts in a cross ball towards Dietmar Hitzlsperger. Dietmar Hitzlsperger is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. Diego Schomaker easily picks it out of the air!
4.32
0-1Orlando Koster kicks a strong pass forward to Ruben Van Gastel. Ruben Van Gastel controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Julien Zebre. Julien Zebre plays a perfect one-two with Dietmar Hitzlsperger and rushes in on goal... Julien Zebre shows great control and tries a shot on goal. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
8.43
0-1Orlando Koster barges into Dave Bergkamp. Orlando Koster is shown the yellow card! Dave Bergkamp runs off the knock.
14.27
Raymond Redan advances with the ball. Raymond Redan kicks a strong pass forward to Marcos Molowny. Marcos Molowny shoots from just inside the box. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
18.40
Miguel Mora sees space and advances. Miguel Mora goes all the way! Miguel Mora shoots from just inside the box which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
21.01
1-2Gabriel Ruiz makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Julien Zebre. Julien Zebre sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
26.23
Jacques Malm controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Raymond Redan. Raymond Redan surges forward with the ball. Raymond Redan shoots from 20 yards. It curls slightly but Raffaele Bondi manages to gather it comfortably.
28.34
Ruben Van Gastel deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Dietmar Hitzlsperger. Dietmar Hitzlsperger shoots from 25 yards. It's miles wide!
30.11
Raymond Redan knocks the ball to his team mate, Edgar Lindenbergh. Edgar Lindenbergh controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
33.41
Raymond Redan kicks a strong pass forward to Edgar Lindenbergh. Edgar Lindenbergh threads the ball through to Dave Bergkamp. Dave Bergkamp shows great control and tries a shot on goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
36.33
Miguel Mora knocks the ball to his team mate, Bram Van Der Ree. Bram Van Der Ree shoots from 20 yards but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
42.24
Christopher Vermeulen makes a probing pass to Gabriel Ruiz. Gabriel Ruiz controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Bram Van Der Ree. Bram Van Der Ree makes a simple pass to Dietmar Hitzlsperger. Dietmar Hitzlsperger takes a shot at goal. It's there!! Diego Schomaker has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
45.00
1-3Ruben Van Gastel chips the ball to his team mate, Julien Zebre. Julien Zebre knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
45.00
The whistle blows and VVV Venlo kick off!
47.33
Christopher Vermeulen passes the ball forward to Ruben Van Gastel. Ruben Van Gastel makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Julien Zebre. Julien Zebre knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
53.11
Raymond Redan kicks a strong pass forward to Dave Bergkamp. Dave Bergkamp shoots from long range but it is miles over!
60.45
Christopher Vermeulen knocks the ball to his team mate, Gabriel Ruiz. Gabriel Ruiz controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Bram Van Der Ree. Bram Van Der Ree finds some space and shoots from distance. The ball dips but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
61.10
Gabriel Ruiz advances with the ball. Gabriel Ruiz tries a spectacular long range effort but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
66.42
1-3Raymond Redan controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Dave Bergkamp. Dave Bergkamp kicks a strong pass forward to Marcos Molowny but the referee indicates it's offside!
69.27
Orlando Koster makes a simple pass to Ruben Van Gastel. Ruben Van Gastel surges forward with the ball. Ruben Van Gastel passes the ball forward but Julien Zebre is offside!
75.08
1-3VVV Venlo are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
77.02
Ruben Van Gastel deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Bram Van Der Ree. Bram Van Der Ree shoots from long range. What a cracker!! Diego Schomaker had no chance!! Goal for VVV Venlo!
83.40
Menno Lobont threads the ball through to Dave Bergkamp. Dave Bergkamp knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Orlando Koster.
87.58
Menno Lobont kicks a strong pass forward to Marcos Molowny. Marcos Molowny knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Orlando Koster.
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
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