The Elf van Feyenoord, with the recovered captain Sem Steijn as a flag bearer.
4 ‘Aston Villa immediately puts Feyenoord under pressure. The Premier League team storms forward through Watkins, but Hwang manages to eliminate the ball.
3 ‘Red AZ! AZ has to go with ten men after three minutes. Penetra is on the Achilles tendon of his opponent and has to take a shower now. AZ coach Maarten Martens does not agree.
1 ‘kick -off! While De Kuip makes himself heard, the ball rolls in Rotterdam. What can Feyenoord against Premier League-Club Aston Villa?
1 ‘kick -off! AZ has started their second European competition. It is still waiting for the whistle in De Kuip.
Also in Cyprus the football party is almost starting. Without strong holders Kees Smit and Jordy Clasie, the Alkmaarders count down to the start signal.
The atmosphere is good in Rotterdam. While the lights are on in De Kuip, Lee Towers sings the last sentences of his ‘My Feyenoord’. The tension rises in Rotterdam.
Look who we have there: Lee Towers! “My Feyenoord” sounds through speakers, while the singer sings along in his famous golden microphone.
These fans have traveled to Cyprus to see AZ in action. The atmosphere is fine.
Setup AZ! You still had the eleven basic players from AZ. The Alkmaarders do not have Kees Smit (photo) and Jordy Clasie, but Peer Koopmeiners and Weslley Patati are there.
Sem Steijn was struggling with a flu last week. Now he looks top fit. Does he know how to score as a captain today?
In De Kuip, the warm-up is still in full swing.
Last! Go Ahead books the very first European victory ever in Athens! Thanks to two goals from Milan Smit, Go Ahead Eagles takes three points to Deventer. Utrecht loses 1-0 to SK Brann in Norway.
90+3 ‘Utrecht does everything to score, but it doesn’t come to a real goal attempt.
Milan Boel had told Ziggo Sport just before the kick -off that he was going to do a belly slider in a victory. Does he keep his promise after the final signal?
87 ‘Utrecht still looks at a 1-0 deficit in Norway. Ron Jans’s team does not look great and hardly creates opportunities. Sébastien Haller also cannot turn the tide with the Domstedelingen.
Milan Smit is the name. The Go Ahead striker scores two goals for the Deventenaren within seven minutes and is already the hero of the evening for all fans traveled.
83 ‘Goal Go Ahead Eagles! 1-2
Go Ahead does it in extremis! The people of Deventen take the lead in Greece via a beautiful goal by Milan Smit. What a sensation in Athens. The fans make themselves heard loudly.
De Kuip is nice on this autumnal evening. Feyenoord hopes to get rid of Aston Villa of De Nul in the Europa League, but will find a major opponent in -house.
The party has erupted in the branch! It is not for nothing that the Go Ahead Eagles fans traveled to Athens.
74 ‘Goal Go Ahead Eagles! 1-1
There is the goal of the Deventenaren !! Milan Smit makes the first Go Ahead goal in a European main tournament. Melvin Boel can hardly believe it.
The match tension rises in De Kuip, where the players start the warm-up in a few minutes. Timon Wellenreuther seems ready, but does he also know how to keep his goal clean tonight?
66 ‘Chance Go Ahead! A corner ends up in front of Margaret’s feet, who shoots the ball hard towards the goal. A volley to enjoy, but Panathinaikos keeper Lafont thinks differently about that. He knows him skillfully out of his goal.
60 ‘Ron Jans intervenes and brings Adrien Blake to the side for Sébastien Haller. Does this striker know how to score for Utrecht?
55 ‘Goal Panathinaikos! 1-0
Ai, Go Ahead also looks at a backlog in Greece. Karol Swiderski heads a corner hit on behalf of the Greeks. Does Go Ahead know how to turn this around?
Feyenoord setup! Robin van Persie starts against Aston Villa with his strongest eleven players. He didn’t do this against Braga. Sem Steijn is fit again, after he missed the Eredivisie match with FC Groningen for a flu. Timber is not there due to an injury.
46 ‘kick -off second half! The ball rolls again at Brann-FC Utrecht and Panathinaikos-Go Ahead Eagles.
Setup Aston Villa! No Donyell Malen at Feyenoord-Aston Villa. The Dutchman is sitting on the couch in De Kuip. Ian Maatsen can start in Rotterdam.
In the meantime we count to Feyenoord-Aston Villa. The Kuip kicks off at 9 p.m. Does Robin van Persie throw his entire arrangement again or is he holding on to his regular basic eleven this time?
The intermediate positions at all Europa League competitions.
In terms of statistics, it does not look good for Go Ahead Eagles:
Panathinaikos-Go Ahead Eagles: 0-0
Rest! In both Greece and Norway it is time for a tea in the dressing room. With the Domstedelingen, Ron Jans looks at a 1-0 deficit and will talk to his players firmly in the break. At Go Ahead Eagles it is still 0-0, but it is a miracle that Panathinaikos has not yet scored.
41 ‘Goal SK Brann! 1-0
Then things go wrong for FC Utrecht … Magnusson is in the right place and shoots the ball with some luck. There was even a Utrecht leg in between. Barkas tries to get rid of the ball, but can only watch lying.
36 ‘There is FC Utrecht again. This time it is Blake with a shot, but it stays with a goal attempt. The keeper has the ball clamping.
28 ‘There the Busser is again! Cerin wants to head in the ball, but the Belgian ticks the ball out of his goal.
26 ‘The free kick by El Karaouni does not provide a chance. In the Eredivisie he notes one assist one after the other, but not yet in Europe. Will he succeed later today?
23 ‘In Greece, Jari de Busser is so far the hero of the Deventenaren. After a great salvation on a bet by Tete, he is also alert to a long shot of the Greeks.
19 ‘Chance FC Utrecht! After a great pass from Zechiel, Min does not finish it. The striker shoots the ball with his left leg in the past the Norwegian goal.
17 ‘In Norway it is waiting for the first shot for goal. FC Utrecht tries to play football under pressure, but does not really succeed.
The Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium is not full in Athens. Due to renovations, half of the stadium is not available. The fans of Go Ahead Eagles are present in large numbers.
10 ‘Chance Go Ahead! It is Breum with the first shot on goal, but it is not really dangerous.
3 ‘Brann performs the pressure in the opening phase against Utrecht. The Norwegians come close to the Utrecht goal via Dragnes, but the attacker does not come to a good shot.
1 ‘kick -off! The ball rolls with Go Ahead and FC Utrecht. Do both Dutch teams win the second European competition?
Just a team photo and then we will start.
The players are ready. In a few minutes, the football party will start to Norway and Greece. The tension rises.
The fans are looking forward to it! Melvin Boel announced at Ziggo Sport that he will also do a belly slider if Go Ahead wins. We want to see that!
Jans: ‘They miss speed in the back’ Ron Jans expects FC Utrecht to have a good chance of winning in Norway. “They miss speed in the back. There are the opportunities for us. We have to take this team there. Let’s hope we will do that,” says Jans just before the game against Ziggo Sport, who also responded to passing Sébastien Haller. “We are still working with him, but is not yet fit enough to start.”
These Dutch people come into action at 6.45 pm in the Conference League:
These Dutch people also come into action at 6.45 pm in the Europa League:
No rain in Athens yet. It all seems to look good for Go Ahead Eagles. The Deventenaren lost their first European match 0-1 to FCSB. Does the Melvin Boel team in Athens know how to take home?
Setup FC Utrecht! Ron Jans also has his setup. David Min is the striker at Utrecht, while Sebastién Haller has to take a seat on the couch.
Setup Go Ahead Eagles! No Victor Edvardsen in the basic eleven of trainer Melvin Boel. The Swede was still on the training field on Wednesday, but is not fit enough to start in Athens. Richonell Margaret, Dean James and Jakob Breum are against Panathinaikos. Kenzo Goudmijn, Aske Adelgaard and Oscar Petterson still came into action against Telstar, but have to settle for a place on the couch in Athens.
So far the field looks good in Athens. Fingers Crossed for Go Ahead Eagles!
Feyenoord is preparing for a heavy poster in -house. Aston Villa has a difficult season in the Premier League so far, but won the first Europa League match from Bologna: 1-0. In the first European match, the Rotterdammers painfully fell against the Portuguese Braga. In the competition, Feyenoord was able to beat FC Groningen and occupies the lead after seven rounds. In De Kuip, Feyenoord has the home advantage, but whether that will help Robin van Persie’s team still have to be seen.
Go Ahead trainer Boel expects spicy match in Athens Go Ahead Eagles trainer Melvin Boel is looking forward to the match in Athens, but also knows that he will find a cunning opponent with Panathinaikos. “It’s a very mature team,” he said at the press conference on Wednesday. “They can play very businesslike and have a lot of individual quality. But if we play our football, with enthusiasm, depth and energy, we can make the opponents very difficult.”
Do you remember him? Former FC Utrecht player Vito Wormgoor was photographed earlier today in the shirts of both Brann and FC Utrecht. The defender played one season for FC Utrecht (2008/2009, after which he played for Brann between 2017 and 2019.
Go Ahead Eagles director Jan Willem van Dop expects the game to continue. “The predictions are that it will rain a lot. I have heard that they have a good field with a good drainage system, but you never know,” says Van Dop in conversation with AD. “The atmosphere is great, I think everyone enjoys.”
The heavy rainfall in Athens caused a lot of traffic problems today. In several places there are no more trams due to water on the track. Until now, the game between Go Ahead and Panathinaikos continues, although there are still heavy outside tonight.
For Go Ahead Eagles, it threatens to be a water ballet tonight on the field in Athens. The fans don’t seem to matter.
There is a beautiful European football evening at the door! In addition to Feyenoord, FC Utrecht and Go Ahead Eagles also play their second game in the Europa League. AZ takes on Aek Larnaca in Conference League. FC Utrecht and Go Ahead kick the evening against SK Brann and Panathinaikos respectively. A duel with Premier League club Aston Villa is waiting for the Rotterdammers.
Feyenoord’s Eleven, with the recovered captain Sem Steijn as Flag Bearer.
4 ‘Aston Villa Immediately Puts Pressure on Feyenoord. Via Watkins, The Premier League Team Storms Forward, But Hwang Manages to Clear the Ball.
3 ‘Red Card AZ! AZ HAS to Continue with Ten After Only Three Minutes. Penetra Steps on his opponent’s Achilles tendon and has to take a shower already. AZ Coach Maarten Martens Disagrees.
1 ‘Kick-off! While de Kuip Makes itself Heard, The Ball Rolls in Rotterdam. What can Feyenoord do Against Premier League Club Aston Villa?
1 ‘Kick-off! AZ HAS started Their Second European Match. Still Waiting for the Starting Signal in De Kuip.
The Football Party is about to start in Cyprus as well. Without Key Players Kees Smit and Jordy Clasie, The Alkmaar Team Counts Down to the Starting Signal.
The Atmosphere is good in Rotterdam. While the Lights Are On in De Kuip, Lee Towers Sings The Last Lines of his ‘My Feyenoord’. The Tension Rises in Rotterdam.
Look who we have there: Lee Towers! “My Feyenoord” Sounds through speakers, While the Singer Sings Along in His Famous Golden Microphone.
These fans have traveled to Cyprus to See AZ in Action. The Atmosphere is good.
AZ line-up! You Still had The Eleven Starting Players from AZ Coming. The Alkmaar Team does not have Kees Smit (Photo) and Jordy Clasie, but Peer Koopmeiners and Weslley Patati Are Present.
Sem Steijn was struggling with the flu last week. Now he looks top fit. Will he also score as captain Today?
The Warm-Up is in full swing in De Kuip.
Finished! Go Ahead Books the Very First European Victory Ever in Athens! Thanks to Two Goals from Milan Smit, Go Ahead Eagles Takes Three Points to Deventer. Utrecht Loses 1-0 to SK Brann in Norway.
90+3 ‘Utrecht is Doing Everything to Score, but it Doesn’tn’t Come to a Real Attempt.
Milan Boel Said to Ziggo Sport just before the kick-off that would do a belly slide if they won. Will he keep his promise after the final whistle?
87 ‘Utrecht is Still Facing A 1-0 Deficit in Norway. Ron Jans’ Team does not look top fit and barely creates any chancs. Sébastien Haller Cannot Turn the Tide for the Domstedelingen Either.
Milan Smit is the name. The Go Ahead Striker Scores Two Goals for the Deventer Team Within Seven Minutes and Already the Hero of the Evening For All The Traveling Fans.
83 ‘Goal Go Ahead Eagles! 1-2
Go ahead does it in extremis! The Deventer Team Takes The Lead in Greece via a Beautiful Goal by Milan Smit. What a Sensation in Athens. The Fans Are Making Themselves Heard Loudly.
The Kuip Looks Beautiful on this Autumnal Evening. Feyenoord Hopes to get off the mark in the Europa League Against Aston Villa, But Faces A Formidable Opponent at Home.
The Party Has started in The Away Section! The Go Ahead Eagles Fans Have Not Traveled to Athens for Nothing.
74 ‘Goal Go Ahead Eagles! 1-1
There it is, the goal from the Deventer team !! Milan Smit Scores The First Go Ahead Goal in a European Main Tournament. Melvin Boel Can Hardly Believe It.
The Match Tension is rising in De Kuip, where the players will start warming up in a few minutes. Timon Wellenreuther Seems Ready for it, but will he keep his goal clean Tonight?
66 ‘Chance Go Ahead! A corner lands at the feet of margaret, who shoots the ball hard Towards the goal. A volley to die for, but panathinaikos keeper Lafont Thinks Differently. Hey skillfulful tapered it out of his goal.
60 ‘Ron Jans Intervenes and Brings Adrien Blake to the Side for Sébastien Haller. Will this striker score for Utrecht?
55 ‘Goal Panathinaikos! 1-0
Ai, Go Ahead is also facing a deficit in Greece. Karol Swiderski Heads in from a corner on Behalf of the Greeks. Can Go Ahead Turn This Around?
Feyenoord line-up! Robin van Persie Does starts with his Strongest Eleven Players Against Aston Villa. He did not do this again braga. Sem Steijn is Fit Again after missing the Eredivisie Match Against FC Groningen due to a flu. Timber is not there due to an injury.
46 ‘Second Half Kick-Off! The Ball is Rolling Again at Brann-FC Utrecht and Panathinaikos-Go Ahead Eagles.
Aston Villa Line-Up! No Donyell Malen at Feyenoord-Aston Villa. The Dutchman is on the bench in De Kuip. Ian Maatsen is Allowed to Start in Rotterdam.
Meanwhile, we are counting down to Feyenoord-Aston Villa. The Kick-Off in De Kuip is AT 9:00 pm. Will Robin van Persie Once Again Change HIS Entire Line-Up or Will He Stick to his Regular Starting Eleven This Time?
The Current Standings in All Europa League Matches.
Statistically, IT Doesn’t Look Good For Go Ahead Eagles:
Panathinaikos-Go Ahead Eagles: 0-0
Rest! In Both Greece and Norway it is time for a tea in the dressing room. Ron Jans Faces A 1-0 Deficit with the Domstedelingen and Will give players a firm Talk Duration the Break. At go ahead Eagles it is still 0-0, but it is a miracle that panathinaikos has not yet scored.
41 ‘Goal SK Brann! 1-0
Then it goes Wrong for FC Utrecht … Magnusson is in the right place and shoots the ball in with some luck. There was just a Utrecht lay in Between. Barkas Tries to Clear the Ball, But Can Only Watch While Lying Down.
36 ‘There is FC Utrecht Again. This time it is blake with a shot, but it remains an attempt. The keeper Has a firm grip on the ball.
28 ‘De Busser is there again! Cerin Wants To Head The Ball In, But The Belgian Taps The Ball Out Of His Goal.
26 ‘El Karaouni’s Free Kick Does Not Result in a Chance. In The Eredivisie He Records Assist After Assist, But Not Yet in Europe. Will he succeed later Today?
23 ‘In Greece, Jari De Busser Has Been the Hero of the Deventer Team So Far. After a great save on an effort from tete, he is also alert to a long-range shot from the greeks.
19 ‘Chance FC Utrecht! After an excellent cross from Zechiel, min does not finish it off. The Striker Shoots The Ball Wide of the Norwegian Goal With His Left Foot.
17 ‘In Norway, We are Waiting for the First Shot on Goal. FC Utrecht is Tryping to Play Out from Under the Pressure, but is not really successive yet.
The Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium is not full in Athens. Half of the Stadium is Unavaillable Due to Renovations. The Fans of Go Ahead Eagles are present in Large Numbers.
10 ‘Small Chance Go Ahead! It is Breum with the first shot on goal, but it is not really dangerous.
3 ‘Brann Puts Pressure on Utrecht in The Opening Phase. Via Dragnes, The Norwegians Come Close to the Utrecht Goal, But The Attacker Does Not Get A Good Shot.
1 ‘Kick-off! The Ball is Rolling at Go Ahead and FC Utrecht. Will Both Dutch Teams Win Their Second European Match?
Just a Team Photo and then We’ll Start.
The Players Are Ready. In A Few Minutes, The Football Party Will Break Loose in Norway and Greece. The Tension is rising.
The fans are looking forward to it! Melvin Boel Told Ziggo Sport That he will also do a belly slide if go ahead wins. We want to see that!
Jans: ‘They Lack Speed at the Back’ Ron Jans Expects FC Utrecht to have a good chance of winning in Norway. “They Lack Speed at the Back. That’s where Our Opportunities Lie. We have to get this team there. Let’s hope we do that,” Says Jans Just before the match Against Ziggo Sport, who also discussed the Passing of Sébastien Haller. “We are still working with him, but he is not fit enough to start.”
These Dutch players will be in action in the conference league at 6:45 pm:
These Dutch players will also be in action in the Europa League at 6:45 pm:
No Rain Yet in Athens. It all seems to be looking good for go ahead Eagles. The Deventer Team Lost Their First European Match 0-1 to FCSB. Will Melvin Boel’s Team Be Able To Take A Point Home From Athens?
FC Utrecht Line-Up! Ron Jans Has also complete his line-up. David Min is the Striker at Utrecht, While Sebastién Haller has to take a Seat on the bench.
Go Ahead Eagles line-up! No Victor Edvardsen in The Starting Eleven of Coach Melvin Boel. The Swede was still on the training field on Wednesday, but is not fit enough to start in Athens. Richonell Margaret, Dean James and Jakob Breum Are there Against Panathinaikos. Kenzo Goudmijn, Aske Adelgaard and Oscar Petterson Still Played Against Telstar, But Have To Settle For A Place On The Bench in Athens.
So far the field looks good in Athens. Fingers Crossed for Go Ahead Eagles!
Feyenoord is preparation for a tough match at home. Aston Villa Has had A Difficult Season in the Premier League So far, but Did Win the First Europa League Match Against Bologna: 1-0. The Rotterdam Team Suffered a Painful Defeat in the First European Match Against Portuguese Braga. In The Competition, Feyenoord Did Win Against FC Groningen and Occupies the Top Position After Seven Rounds. Feyenoord Has The Home Advantage in De Kuip, But Whether That Will Help Robin van Persie’s Team Remains to Be Seen.
Go Ahead Coach Boel Expects A Tough Match in Athens Go Ahead Eagles Coach Melvin Boel is Looking Forward To The Match in Athens, But also knows that he is facing a tricky opponent with panathinaikos. “It is a very mature team,” he said on Wednesday at the press conference. “They can play very businesslike and have a lot of individual quality. But if we play our football, with enthusiasm, depth and energy, we can make it very difficult for opponents.”
Do you Still Know Him? Former FC Utrecht Player Vito Wormgoor was Photographed Earlier Today in the Shirts of Both Brann and FC Utrecht. The Defender Played One Season for FC Utrecht (2008/2009, after which he Played for Brann Between 2017 and 2019.
Go Ahead Eagles Director Jan Willem van Dop Expects the Match to Go Ahead. “The predictions are that it will rain a lot. I have heard that they have a good field with a good drainage system, but you never know,” Says van Dop in an interview with ad. “The Atmosphere is Great, I think everyone is Enjoying it.”
The Heavy Rainfall in Athens caused a lot of traffic problems today. Trams Are No Longer Running in Several Places Due to Water on the Tracks. So far, the match between go ahead and panathinaikos is going ahead, althegh more severe weeather is expected tonight.
For Go Ahead Eagles, It Threatens to Become a Water Ballet On The Field in Athens Tonight. The Fans Don’t Seem to Mind.
There is a Wonderful European Football Evening Ahead! In Addition to Feyenoord, FC Utrecht and Go Ahead Eagles are also playing their second match in the Europa League. AZ Will Take on aek Larnaca in the Conference League. FC Utrecht and Go Ahead Will Kick Off The Evening Against SK Brann and Panathinaikos respectively. The Rotterdam Team is awaiting a duel with Premier League club Aston Villa.