FOOTBALL – Achilles 1894 did well tonight in the fight against relegation and the play-off competition in the Saturday 2nd division J by winning the catch-up game against leader Noordscheschut (last Saturday the Dutch Under 19 played in the ‘stadium’) 3-1. Moreover, the Asser club ensured that the tension for the title battle is back again. The top 4 are only separated by two points.
Noordscheschut remains the leader, with 38 points from 19 matches. VEV’67 from Leek follows with 37 out of 19, Surhusterfean has 37 out of 20 and Drenthina has 36 points from 19 games.
Despite the victory, Achilles 1894 remains stuck in the ‘safe’ place 9 (with 28 out of 19), but now has four points more than Kollum, which is in a play-off spot. By the way, the Frisians have played one game less than the team of coach Wilko Niemer.
On the other hand, Achilles 1894 has joined Gorecht (also 28 out of 19), Wolvega (30 out of 19) and Grijpskerk (31 out of 18). The gap with number 5, LTC, is also manageable. The team of Germain Beck, who was an attentive spectator at Sportpark Marsdijk), with 34 points from 20 matches, has only three losses less than Achilles 1894.
“Moreover, we are at the top of the battle for the third and final period title,” said Achilles captain Ferdi Hidding. The top scorer of the 2nd class J was the big man tonight. He scored all the goals for the home club, after which Jos Kroezen saved the honor for Noordscheschut just before the end. “Yet we are mainly concerned with enforcement,” Hidding continues. “And once that has been achieved, we will see what happens next.”
Achilles’ victory in 1894 was deserved. The red shirts won the most duels, were more skilled on the ball and also created the most chances. The first two big chances were also goals. The first was the most beautiful. Not only because of Hidding’s assumption and completion, but also because of the pre-action of Romario Tjong-A-Sie (who introduced his assist with a panna).
The 2-0, halfway through the first half, was a set-up after good preparatory work by the strong playing Chris van Houten and again Tjong-A-Sie. Noordscheschut defender Kevin Koster could have prevented the goal, but actually laid the ball wonderfully for Hidding.
The visitors, who had already lost 4 points in the last three competition matches (against vv Groningen and Surhusterfean), Enrico and Bjorn Schonewille had two chances in one attack to make it 2-1 before half time, but both found goalkeeper Arne Wilpshaar. their path.
The task for Noordscheschut after the break to achieve a result was already difficult, but became impossible after a red card for Kevin van Dalen. The defender of the Schutters first received a yellow card after a serious foul on Tjong-A-Sie and immediately after showing that card he received a second yellow card from referee Heikens.
“He got that second card for a comment. What did he shout? Get the hell…”, said Noordscheschut coach Zandink. With ten against eleven, Noordscheschut kept trying, but Wilpshaar turned out to be unbeatable. Twenty minutes before the end, Hidding ended the game with a header, for the third time from a cross from Tjong-A-Sie.
In injury time, Jos Kroezen determined the final score at 3-1 from the penalty spot, after which Achilles 1894 also saw another player (Kerem Yanik) leave the field with two yellow cards.
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