The play-offs have began and we instantly know that all the things is completely different within the dessert of the competitors. After a nasty begin, we appeared to be going for a carefree victory, however nothing turned out to be farther from the reality. It was due to a miss by Henk Veerman in further time that Excelsior nonetheless left the sphere as winners.
Butt pinching
In any case, Excelsior was not disenchanted within the first of two conferences with ADO Den Haag. Within the first a part of the match within the Bingoal Stadium, the house group had a lot of alternatives to open the scoring. Notably at corners, it was sometimes painful for the 400 followers from Rotterdam who traveled with us, however fortuitously Excelsior was spared a objective.
Head Begin
After greater than fifteen minutes of soccer, Excelsior immediately took the lead. It began with ADO Den Haag dropping the ball. Lazaros Lamprou then served Troy Parrott. The ball got here to Couhaib Driouech by way of the Irishman and he shot the 0-1 behind goalkeeper Nick Marsman by way of a leg from The Hague. Maybe towards the ratio at the moment, however that clearly didn’t trouble the Kralingers.
Hope for extra
4 minutes after the opening objective it was nearly 0-2 by Troy Parrott after preparatory work by Lance Duijvestijn and Driouech. Sadly, the striker shot the ball over the objective. One other 5 minutes later it occurred once more. Driouech ready and Lance Duijvestijn shot the ball splendidly, 0-2. At this stage, Excelsior appeared to have the match in hand and we might hope for extra targets.
Insane
Below the watchful eye of former gamers Mats Wieffer and Nathan Tjoe-A-On, it grew to become clear after the break that the sport was not over but. It was not as loopy as two years in the past, however ADO Den Haag fought again into the match and Excelsior hardly received round to taking part in soccer. Joel Ideho was near scoring the tying objective 20 minutes earlier than the top, however Stijn van Gassel managed to forestall the 1-2.
Victory
A minute later it occurred once more. It was high scorer Henk Veerman who introduced ADO Den Haag nearer to Excelsior. 4 minutes later, Daryl van Mieghem tried within the quick nook, however fortuitously Stijn van Gassel received his foot towards the ball. The Excelsior goalkeeper additionally needed to make two saves shortly earlier than the top. Simply after Kenzo Goudmijn had shot the ball over the objective, Veerman had an enormous likelihood to equalize on behalf of ADO Den Haag. Luckily for Excelsior, he shot the ball over the objective, ending this primary sport in an essential victory.
The second half on Saturday, the kick-off in our Van Donge & De Roo Stadium is at 8:00 PM. Season ticket holders should buy tickets for this. Look right here for all ticket info for this match.
