Almere City FC is close to historic promotion to the Eredivisie. The team of coach Alex Pastoor won the first match against FC Emmen in the final of the play-offs on Tuesday in front of their own audience, 2-0.
Lance Duijvestijn scored both goals for Almere City in the Yanmar Stadium. The midfielder scored the opening goal halfway through the second half from a penalty and was again accurate moments later.
Thanks to the victory, Almere City is very close to the first promotion to the Eredivisie. The club from Flevoland was founded in 2001 and has been playing in the Eerste Divisie since 2005. Up to and including the 2009/2010 season, this was done under the name FC Omniworld.
Almere City can secure promotion on Sunday. Then the return in Emmen is on the program.
FC Emmen takes the ball off the line in the second minute
Almere City started the match excellently and was close to scoring the opening goal after two minutes. A header from Théo Barbet was cleared off the line by Lorenzo Burnet.
Even after that, the home team continued to put pressure, although Emmen became dangerous for the first time in the eighteenth minute. Ahmed El Messaoudi had a great chance after a pass from Richairo Zivkovic, but his shot was blocked by Nordin Bakker.
From the end of the first half, Emmen got a little more grip on the game. Shortly after the break, that led to an opportunity for El Messaoudi, but this time his attempt went just wide.
Almere City gets a penalty after Zivkovic’s foul
On the other hand, after more than an hour of play, it was hit. Almere City received a penalty after a foul by Zivkovic on Rajiv van La Parra and Duijvestijn coolly hit from the spot.
Emmen immediately went on the hunt for the equalizer and was close to it via Ole Romeny. But thirteen minutes before the end, the Drenten had to collect another goal. This time Duijvestijn tapped from close range from Pascu’s cross.
Shortly afterwards, Almere City also had a chance at 3-0, but Anthony Limbombe shot wide. Emmen was still looking for the connection goal in the final phase, but a bet by Mike te Wierik and a bicycle kick by Miguel Araujo did not lead to success.
2023-06-06 19:57:00
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