NEC Remains at the Top of the Eredivisie. The Nijmegen Team Surpassed PSV on Goal Difference for the Top Spot, After A 3-0 Victory about NAC Breda. FC Utrecht won Convincingly Against Excelsior, with Souffian El Karouani Assisting on Three of Utrecht’s Four Goals.
NEC Wins Big in Small Classic Against NAC
NEC had Already Scored Nine Times in the First Two League Matches and Quickly Made It Number Ten Of The Season Against NAC. NAC goalkeeper Daniel Bielica Played a Short Pass to Teammate Rio Hillen, Who was then Touched by Tjaronn Chery.
On the advice of var, the ball was placed on the penalty spot. Chery Didn’t Need a Run-Up; The Bewildered Bielica had No Answer to the Standing Penalty from the Veteran.
Dick Schreuder’s Team Continued to Seek the Attack Cheerful and Got Several Chances Through Bryan Linssen, But also Gave Away Space in the Back. Sydney van Hooijdonk seemed to take advantage of that, but his first goal of the season was disallowed. Teammate Mohamed Nassoh was in the path of the shot, and van Hooijdonk’s goal was disallowed for offside.
NEC Struck Early again after the break. Basar Önal Broke Through on the Left and Scored From A Difficult Angle: 2-0. Vito van Crooij Made It 3-0, After a Brilliant Attack via Chery and Virgil Misidjan. That’s how it stayed, thanks to a miraculous save by bielica on the line after an effort by Önal.
After the big win in the so-called small classic, NEC Comes Above PSV on Goal Difference, which also won its third game in A Row Against FC Groningen on Saturday Evening. Feyenoord and PEC Zwolle are also Still Without Losing Points, But Are Not in Action This Weekend.
‘Assist Hat-Trick’ El Karouani Against Excelsior
FC Utrecht Suffered Its First Defeat of the Season Against Sparta on Sunday, But Gained Midweek Confidence with An Away Win Against Zrinjski Mostar in the Europa League. On Sunday, it got a second chance against the next rotterdam opponent.
The match with excelsior was broken open after a set-piece, not for the first time this season. Miguel Rodríguez Headed Home from An El Karouani Corner After Just Under Half An Hour. It also Became 2-0 in the First Half, Again After Preparatory Work from El Karouani. The Left-Back Delivered the Ball Sharply, and David Min Tapped It in.
Excelsior, Again with the formally Clubless Mike van Duinen in the Attack, Could Not Create Much Offensively But Was Unlucky with a Decision by referee Joey Kooij. Irakli Yegoian, who came over from Vitesse, seemed to have a free passage after a duel with mike van der Hoorn, but was wildly called back for alleged handball.
After Just Under An Hour of Play, El Karouani had Another Burst of Inspiration. The Left-Back Played Victor Jensen Free, and the Dane Left goalkeeper Calvin Raatsie Without A Chance. Not Long after that, Jensen also slid in the 4-0, this time assisted by Adrian Blake. Jensen Has Scored in Six of his Eight Appearances This Season and Already Has Eight Goals in the Eredivisie and the Europa League.
For Excelsior, there was one bright spot in the final phase: the first goal of the season. Vasilis Barkas Only Half Processed a Shot From Zach Booth, and South Korean Substitute Yoon Do-Young Tok Advantage of the Rebound and Made It 4-1.