Feyenoord - VVV-Venlo

VVV-Venlo suffered its third defeat of the season at the weekend - losing 1-0 against Feyenoord. In De Kuip, Denny Landzaat’s goal in the first half was enough to secure the win for the home side.

 

For the first fifteen minutes of the game VVV-Venlo showed character, dominating play and with the most ball possession. Feyenoord then woke up and saw a missed chance in Andwélé Slory’s late reaction to a ball from Diego Biseswar. This was followed by the first opening for VVV-Venlo to score, but Sandro Calabro failed to convert a pass from Achmed Ahahaoui into a goal.

 

Feyenoord fired a warning shot in a ball from right back Kelvin Leerdam, which hit the bar. Just before the end of the first half, Feyenoord took the lead, aided and assisted by keeper Kevin Begois. On the wet pitch he fumbled with a shot from Roy Makaay giving Denny Landzaat waiting at the far post an open door to score: 1-0.

 

In the second half the action only really started after about 65 minutes of play, but Begois easily managed to deflect Roy Makaay’s shot this time. Trainer Jan van Dijk made a double substitution by fielding Kevin van Dessel and Jasar Takak for Niels Fleuren and Achmed Ahahaoui.

 

Fifteen minutes before full time Keisuke Honda took yet another free kick. This time his shot sailed over the wall and it was only the clever work of Rob van Dijk that prevented the equaliser. In the closing minutes Van Dijk brought on Diogo Viana.

 

Ken Leemans came very close to scoring and duplicating his efforts against FC Twente. However, the deserved equaliser failed to materialise, so VVV-Venlo dropped points in Rotterdam. After the match there were compliments about the offensive and bold play, but  Jan van Dijk wants to see this rewarded in the form of points. On Tuesday VVV-Venlo is heading to Rotterdam again to play Sparta Rotterdam in the KNVB cup tie.

 

 

Saturday 24 October 2009

 

FEYENOORD – VVV-VENLO 1-0

27. Denny Landzaat 1-0. Match official: Luinge. Crowd attendance: 44000. Yellow cards: Ken Leemans, Niels Fleuren, Ruben Schaken (VVV-Venlo), André Bahia, Leroy Fer and Stefan Babovic (Feyenoord).

 

Squad Feyenoord:

Rob van Dijk; Kelvin Leerdam, Ron Vlaar, André Bahia, Giovanni van Bronckhorst (78. Tim de Cler); Denny Landzaat, Georginio Wijnaldum, Leroy Fer; Diego Biseswar (71. Luigi Bruins), Roy Makaay and Andwélé Slory (46. Stefan Babovic).

 

Squad VVV-Venlo:

Kevin Begois; Michael Timisela, Sjors Verdellen, Patrick Paauwe, Niels Fleuren (67. Kevin van Dessel); Ken Leemans, Keisuke Honda, Adil Auassar; Ruben Schaken (86. Diogo Viana), Sandro Calabro and Achmed Ahahaoui (67. Jasar Takak).