Match Report
| Fortuna Sittard | Fortuna Sittard |  |  | NEC Nijmegen | NEC Nijmegen | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | manager | Computer Player | Computer Player | |||||||||||||||||
| Carsten Schmeichel | C. Schmeichel |  | 68 | G |  | 1 | | G | 68 |  | Claudio Pastor | C. Pastor | |||||||||
| Shota Schulp | S. Schulp |  | 76 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 73 | | Kasper Laudrup | K. Laudrup | |||||||||
| Marc van Dam | M. van Dam | | 70 | D | | 3 | | D | 73 | | Antoine de Boer | A. de Boer | |||||||||
| Guerino Benin | G. Benin |  | 67 | D | | 4 | | D | 69 |  | John Hopkin | J. Hopkin | |||||||||
| Roland Rijkaard | R. Rijkaard | | 65 | D | | 5 | | D | 66 | | Nikos Van Haaren | N. Van Haaren | |||||||||
| Quim Faria | Q. Faria |  | 70 | M | | 6 | | M | 76 | | Rick Van Gessel | R. Van Gessel | |||||||||
| Sjaak Houtman | S. Houtman | | 64 | M | | 7 | | M | 71 | | Gary Dalglish | G. Dalglish | |||||||||
| Dwayne Altidore | D. Altidore |  | 63 | M | | 8 | | M | 66 |  | Ugo Drake | U. Drake | |||||||||
| Nelson Meeuwis | N. Meeuwis | | 61 | M | | 9 | | A | 70 | | Felice Espinal | F. Espinal | |||||||||
| Daniele Ricchiuti | D. Ricchiuti | | 76 | A | | 10 | | A | 68 | | Pim van Dam | P. van Dam | |||||||||
| David Carisso | D. Carisso |  | 76 | A | | 11 | | A | 66 | | Alje Jongen | A. Jongen | |||||||||
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Match Report
Match Report
It's a sunny day here at Trendwork Arena where Fortuna Sittard play host to NEC Nijmegen. A crowd of 18,714 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Fortuna Sittard are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while NEC Nijmegen appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
Fortuna Sittard are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while NEC Nijmegen appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0Fortuna Sittard start the match!
10.38
0-0Roland Rijkaard makes a simple pass to Dwayne Altidore. Dwayne Altidore deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Daniele Ricchiuti. Daniele Ricchiuti shoots from outside the area but he balloons it over the crossbar!
12.07
0-0Fortuna Sittard are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
15.43
0-0Sjaak Houtman takes it forward alone. Sjaak Houtman makes a beautiful pass to the feet of David Carisso but he's offside!
18.04
0-0Gary Dalglish passes the ball forward to Felice Espinal. Felice Espinal knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Carsten Schmeichel who gathers it comfortably.
24.33
0-0Sjaak Houtman deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Daniele Ricchiuti. Daniele Ricchiuti knocks in a cross ball towards David Carisso. David Carisso heads the ball goalwards. Claudio Pastor manages to gather it comfortably.
28.50
Sjaak Houtman takes it forward alone. Sjaak Houtman shoots from distance but it is miles over!
39.01
Guerino Benin makes a simple pass to Nelson Meeuwis. Nelson Meeuwis makes a probing pass to David Carisso. David Carisso threads the ball through to Daniele Ricchiuti. Daniele Ricchiuti tries a spectacular strike but it curls horrendously wide!
40.28
Sjaak Houtman passes the ball forward to Daniele Ricchiuti. Daniele Ricchiuti knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Claudio Pastor who gathers it comfortably.
42.31
1-0Shota Schulp threads the ball through to Sjaak Houtman. Sjaak Houtman makes a simple pass to Daniele Ricchiuti. Daniele Ricchiuti goes all the way! Daniele Ricchiuti makes some space for himself and shoots at goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
45.00
Fortuna Sittard are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate NEC Nijmegen's defence.
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
The second half starts with NEC Nijmegen kicking off!
47.43
Marc van Dam passes the ball forward to Quim Faria. Quim Faria advances with the ball. Quim Faria shoots from 20 yards but he balloons it over the crossbar!
65.20
Quim Faria makes a simple pass to David Carisso. David Carisso shoots from distance but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
71.55
1-0Gary Dalglish hacks Dwayne Altidore from behind! Gary Dalglish is shown the yellow card! Dwayne Altidore stretches but gets up unharmed.
73.13
Dwayne Altidore knocks the ball forward to David Carisso. David Carisso knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Claudio Pastor who gathers it comfortably.
77.40
Ugo Drake knocks the ball to his team mate, Alje Jongen. Alje Jongen whips in a cross ball towards Pim van Dam. Pim van Dam directs the ball goalwards with his head but Carsten Schmeichel is on top of it.
81.11
1-0Alje Jongen catches Guerino Benin on the ankles. Alje Jongen is warned by the referee! Guerino Benin hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
87.30
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
90.00
The referee whistles full-time!
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