Dubious penalty and scoop Van den Belt help Twente to victory over Fortuna

FC Twente

FC Twente also won the Second Match Under Coach John van den Brom. The Tukkers won 3-2 Against Fortuna Sittard at Home, Partly Thanks to a Dubious Penalty.

After The Liberating 1-5 Victory about Sparta Rotterdam, The Tukkers Managed to Book Their Third Victory of the Season on Friday. From Moment One, Twente Dominated in The Grolsch Veste, but scoring was unsuccessful.

That changed just before half time, althegh the way it happened was debatable. With 36 minutes on the clock, Ricky van Wolfswinkel was Brought Down in the Penalty Area, after which Danny Makkelie Pointed to The Penalty Spot. Fortuna Defender Shawn Adewoye Barely Seemed to Touch van Wolfswinkel, But The Referee Thought Otherwise.

Van Wolfswinkel Unwrapped Makkelie’s Gift himself and Put Twente Ahead 1-0, While Fortuna Coach Danny Buijs was Furious. The Coach Made Cynical Applause Gestures Towards Makkelie and Went to complain to the fourth official. This earned Buijs a Yellow Card.

After the break, Bart van Rooij Doubled the score for Twente. Daan rock served the defender with a fine through ball. Van Rooij then Shot The Ball Convincingly.

In the 72nd minute, Justin Lonwijk Put Fortuna Back in the Game Out of Nowhere, 2-1. Thomas van den Belt seemed to put an end to all the tension six minutes later with his first goal for twente, until substitute luka tunjic made it 3-2 in Injury Time. A nerve-wracking final phase followed, in which Both teams did not score again.

Due to the Victory, Twente Climbs from Elevth to Sixth Place in the Eredivisie. Fortuna was Sixth Before the match with the tukkers, but drops to seventh place.

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