Feyenoord hold AZ to scoreless draw
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Feyenoord extended its unbeaten streak to five matches as they held Eredivisie leaders AZ to scoreless draw at DSB Stadion in Alkmaar despite playing with Jon Dahl Tomasson, Kevin Hofland and Giovanni van Bronckhorst. With the result, Feyenoord moves to win four points of European football spot.
Despite Louis van Gaal’s side being strong favourites at home and while they launched many early attacks, each was killed off successfully with committed Feyenoord defending. Feyenoord’s best chance to score came five minutes after the half hour when Georginio Wijnaldum and Diego Biseswar linked-up with Roy Makaay but the great veteran’s final shot was off. After the break de Rotterdammers midfield play limited AZ’s chances going forward, with the only exception being Stijn Schaars header that was saved brilliantly by Henk Timmer. Without any further scoring opportunities the match ended in a 0-0 draw.
Feyenoord return to action after the international break against Volendam in two weeks.
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Feyenoord glory at De Kuip
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Much of the years hardships were forgotten by Feyenoord today as they defeated PSV 1-0 at De Kuip. The victory keeps alive de Rotterdammers hopes for Europa League spot while sinking the defending champions efforts. PSV entered the match knowing that a win was absolute necessary in their own European hopes but it was Feyenoord who played with the intensity of a champion as they controlled the Eindhoven sides attack.
The match started in a careful manner with both sides either unwilling to go forward or showing the creativity to break through. Only the most modest of chances were taken before the break and the match went to half without a score. At the restart, caution was still the rule of the day and general movement was a long way from intense. Unfortunately before the hour Henk Timmer, Kevin Hofland and Jon Dahl Tomasson were all knocked out of the match with injuries and Leon Vlemmings tactical play was obviously very limited. By the hour mark the defending champions started to apply a great deal of pressure on Rob van Dijk, who had come in for Timmer but he was up to every challenge as well as being just plain lucky with some of PSV’s miesses. However the day took a different turn with just over eighteen minutes remaining as Andwélé Slory won a corner. As Diego Biseswar swung the ball in, Leroy Fer shook of his mark and charged into the box to head the ball in. De Kuip erupted with the one goal margin and for the remainder of the match Feyenoord easily kept PSV’s attack under wraps for the 1-0 victory.
Category: Team NewsRotterdammers maintain undefeated streak
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Feyenoord kept their Europa League hopes alive with a 2-1 victory over NAC Breda. The much needed three points came per second half goals by Georginio Wijnaldum and Jon Dahl Tomasson although it came at a cost as Kevin Hofland was lost to an early injury.
After an early chance by Roy Makaay went wide, NAC took control of the match. De Rotterdammers held NAC off the score sheet until three minutes were left in the opening half as Kees Kwakman was brought down in the area by Kelvin Leerdam and the spot was pointed to. Donny Gorter quickly converted and the hosts went to the break up by one. However that lead did not last long as four minutes after the restart Georginio Wijnaldum accepted Giovanni van Bronckhorst provision and drilled the ball into the net from twenty-five metres. A tough midfield battle ensued and both sides were barely able to create significant opportunities. With fourteen minutes remaining Leon Vlemmings looked towards his bench and called upon the talented Jordao Pattinama, two days shy of his twentieth birthday. Finally looking as if a draw was in the offing, Giovanni van Bronckhorst punished NAC with eight minutes remaining as he corralled an errant pass and provided Jon Dahl Tomasson the opportunity mid of the area and the Danish international made no mistake, giving Feyenoord the 2-1 victory.
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Category: Team NewsFeyenoord fight back for draw against Vitesse
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Looking for a win to send them into the top half of the table, De Kuip was disappointed as Feyenoord played Vitesse to a 2-2 draw. Both sides were tentative going forward early but eighteen minutes after the start Nicky Hofs gave Vitesse the lead with pin-point free kick from long range. Looking for the leveler, Leroy Fer’s attempt was cleared from the line by Ricky van Wolfswinkel. However four minutes before the break Diego Biseswar shot from the left-hand side of the box was turned in by Georginio Wijnaldum to bring the match even. Confident after the break Feyenoord came close to finding the go-ahead goal with attempts by Diego Biseswar and André Bahia but on the hour Dalibor Stevanovič gave the visitors the lead. With only eighteen minutes remaining a Georginio Wijnaldum free-kick resulted in a perfect opportunity Roy Makaay and the veteran was error free. Now level Leon Vlemmings looked towards his bench for the winner and up Michael Mols stood. Immediately the pace of the Rotterdammers charged forward and only a goal-line clearance save Mols from scoring the winning goal. However despite the cheers of De Kuip, the match ended with a 2-2 draw.
Category: Team NewsFeyenoord over De Graafschap 2-0
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Following last weeks loss to Ajax, Feyenoord responded with a 2-0 defeat of De Graafschap. Breathing a sigh of relief, Leon Vlemmings’ club moves up to eleventh place in the table.
After a scoreless opening half the Rotterdammers took the lead with Karim El Ahmadi scoring nine minutes after the break with Jon Dahl Tomasson adding the second deep into added time. Feyenoord started fast with Georginio Wijnaldum nearly finding the net barely thirty seconds in but following that chance, De Graafschap defensive was impossible to penetrate. Finally after the break it was Karim El Ahmadi who broke the deadlock as he scored from the edge of the area. At the hour Ben Sahar came close for De Graafschap and while just missing it woke his side up as they continued to pressure. However there was no beating Henk Timmer and with the match nearing conclusion Jon Dahl Tomasson made it 2-0 from close range.
Category: Team NewsLeo Beenhakker has rejoined Feyenoord
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Feyenoord is proud to announce that Leo Beenhakker is returning to the club as a technical consultant. The new role will not interfere with his duties as head coach of Poland as was described of lasting “at least to the end of the season.” Don Leo is well known with Feyenoord, stretching back to 1976 and was the last last coach to lead them to a championship and has been in-charge of Poland since 2006.
Category: Team NewsFeyenoord drop 2-0 to Ajax
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Feyenoord was clearly motivated for a supreme effort in Amsterdam but it wasn’t enough as they lost 2-0 to Ajax on two second half goals. From the start it wasn’t going to be easy for Leon Vlemmings tactical plan as he lost Jon Dahl Tomasson before the match as he became ill.
The first forty-five minutes was marked with caution with Feyenoord more careful going forward and Ajax apparently unwilling to commit to the attack. Feyenoord’s best attack effort came at the half hour mark whereby Kelvin Leerdam flicked on Diego Biseswar’s corner but it was off course. As the half neared completion Ajax took more control and gave a hint of things to come.
If Ajax was subdued in the opening half, they made up for it after the break as they sliced through the Rotterdammers and without a great deal of fortune the score line would have been considerably worse. Seven minutes after the start, Theo Lucius was booked for a foul and Swedish international Kennedy Bakircioglü free-kick was headed in by Thomas Vermaelen. Following the goal Ajax swarmed forward and Henk Timmer, along with at least three shots that hit the post over the next half hour the goal margin stayed the same. With eight minutes left Dwight Tiendalli was carded on a professional foul Urby Emanuelson a meter outside of the box but unfortunately it was his second yellow and Feyenoord was down a man for the rest of the match. As time wound down Luis Suárez was sent a long ball and coming down the left, Henk Timmer who had such a great match poured out towards him for some odd reason leaving the goal completely exposed. Suárez drew the ball back to Emanuelson who was parked near the center of the area and easily scored.
Category: Team NewsFeyenoord holds Groningen at De Kuip
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Although playing a man down for more than half the match Feyenoord held Groningen to a scoreless draw today at De Kuip. While Het Legioen was disappointed with the result, it appears that Leon Vlemmings has stemmed the tide and now the club can begin to move in the right direction as before Norichio Nieveld red-card three minutes before the break Feyenoord frustrated Groningen’s European hopes.
Feyenoord’s first big chance came in the middle of the first half as André Bahia played Roy Makaay through in alone on the Groningen goalkeeper Luciano but he could not beat him. Makaay had another opportunity very quickly when he got on the end of Jon Dahl Tomasson free-kick but it went wide. Couple in André Bahia goal bound header that was cleared off the line, Feyenoord was well on the patch towards breaking open the match before Norichio Nieveld was sent off for a bad challenge.
At the restart Dwight Tiendalli was brought in for Andwélé Slory in an effort to control the oppositions man advantage and in the overall scheme of the match they still were the aggressor. Groningen’s limited chances were held back by in-form Henk Timmer and Diego Biseswar had a perfect opportunity to win the match with ten minutes remaining as he was in alone on Luciano but once again it was a day for goalkeepers and the match ended without a score.
Category: Team NewsFeyenoord win in Rotterdam derby
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Leon Vlemmings earned his first win as Feyenoord manager with a 1-0 victory over Sparta. The lone goal of the match came eighteen minutes in when Diego Biseswar drove the ball over new goalkeeper Cássio Ramos, on-loan from PSV, in a play Sparta complained was offside.
Feyenoord was boosted with the return of Danish international Jon Dahl Tomasson to the starting lineup. The new Sparta ‘keeper was having trouble from the start and eighteen minutes after the start, Diego Biseswar chipped the ball over Cássio Ramos who was off his line. Opportunities to score were limited and even though the pace picked upon in an otherwise “modest” match, Feyenoord held on the victory, grabbing an important three points.
With the victory immediately bringing up talk of winning a spot in the new Europa League, Feyenoord will need to be at their best as they face Groningen on Sunday and Ajax the following week.
Category: Team NewsFeyenoord needing points against Sparta
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Leon Vlemmings era in-charge of Feyenoord has got off to a very poor start and following the last strike loss to NEC on the Sunday points against Sparta are not only needed for confidence but also to put some distance away from the drop zone.
For today’s match Het Legioen support will be called upon as Feyenoord is without Andre Bahia, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Tim de Cler, Jonathan de Guzman, Denny Landzaat, Theo Lucius,Tim Vincken and Ron Vlaar.
Foeke Booy has its own injury concerns with the loss of Dele Adeleye, Edwin van Bueren, Charles Dissels, Sander van Gessel, Karim Touzani and Harald Wapenaar.
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