RKC Waalwijk was relegated from the Eredivisie on Sunday after Six Seasons. The team from Brabant won 5-3 Against Go Ahead Eagles, but that was not Enough to Stay Ahead of Willem II in the Standings. The team from Tilburg Will Play-Offs for Survival.
In The Last Round of Matches, RKC Needed a Big Win and A Defeat for Willem II to Avoid Relegation. RKC was Three Points Behind Willem II and also had a much worse goal Difference (-32 to -22).
It was not an unlikely escape in the Mandemakers stage. RKC was too Strong for Go Ahead Eagles in a spectacular match, but Willem II Did not Lose at NAC Breda: 1-1. RKC Therefore Finishes Seventeenth and is direct relegated.
Willem II, As Number Sixteen, Still Has A Chance in the Play-Offs. The Team From Tilburg Remained Winless for the SeventeENTH Game in A Row After the Draw at Rival NAC. The Last Victory for Willem II was at the end of December (4-1 Against NEC).
Coach Kristof Aelbrecht’s team Will Play Against FC Dordrecht in the Semi-Finals of the Play-Offs Next Week. FC Den Bosch-Telstar is the other semi-final match. Only the winner of the final Will Play in the Eredivisie Next Season.
Coach Henk Fraser Leaves RKC
RKC had Been Playing at the Highest Level Since the 2019/2020 Season. The team from Brabant finished ninth two years ago, but are now relegated to the first division for the fourth time this century. That Happened Earlier in 2007, 2010 and 2014. In 2020, The Team From Waalwijk Finished Eighteenth and Last, But No Clubs Were Relegated That Season Due to the Corona Pandemic.
RKC won only 6 of its 34 matches this season. With 74 Goals Against, The Team From Brabant had The Worst Defense in the Eredivisie.
Last Month, the club announced that coach Henk Fraser would be leaving after two years. Former Player Sander German, Currently Assistant at FC Twente, Will Succeed the Experienced Coach.
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