Quick Boys have once again eliminated a Premier League player from the cup tournament. The Katwijk fans, who had already beaten Almere City (3-0) and Fortuna Sittard (3-1) on their home turf earlier this season, proved too strong for SC Heerenveen in another home match after extra time with 3-2.
Goalkeeper Andries Noppert played a negative leading role. De Fries entered the field ten minutes before the end and caused a penalty within four minutes, which gave Quick Boys the equalizer and extra time.
Amateur club Noordwijk, cup holders Feyenoord, AZ, PSV, Go Ahead Eagles, FC Utrecht and Heracles Almelo have already managed to reach the round of 16. The draw for the quarter-finals which will be played at the beginning of February will take place on Friday afternoon at 5 p.m.
Smoke development
After a short and spectacular fireworks display accompanied by hardstyle music, the guests kicked off, but in less than a minute referee Alex Bos sent both teams back to the locker room. Outside the stadium, filled with 8,000 spectators, flares were set off, which also ended up on the pitch and also caused a lot of smoke.
When football was able to resume a few minutes later, the leader of the second division quickly created a good opportunity from the counterattack. Milan Zonneveld served Ravelino Junte, who had scored the first goal against Almere City, but now met goalkeeper Mickey van der Hart.
After that first scary moment, Heerenveen, without becoming dangerous himself, seemed to have things reasonably under control at Sportpark Nieuw Zuid. Until the end of half an hour, another counter-attack from Katwijk led to two corners and the last one was extended with a header by Neville Ogidi Nwankwo, ‘covered’ by the two smaller Mats Köhlert: 1-0.
Another blow against a Premier League player appeared to be brewing, but shortly after half-time the visitors were level. Lars Jansen first saved Dimitris Rallis’s shot – the first Friesian goal attempt of the match – but then had no chance on the measured curl of Ilias Sebaoui, who scored his first goal for Heerenveen on Sunday against NAC (2-4 victory). .
Changes with consequences
Quick Boys were not impressed by this disappointment and Zonneveld, who scored a total of three goals against Almere City and Fortuna Sittard, needed too much time to give the home side another lead. Nikolai Hopland just managed to keep the ball away from the attacker.
As the fog slowly thickened, the pattern of play remained unchanged: Heerenveen had the ball, but his passing was too sloppy to create chances and the Quick Boys were hiding on the counterattack. This forced Heerenveen coach Van Persie to make a triple substitution fifteen minutes before the end.
And it paid off a few minutes later for the Premier League number nine. Substitute Alireza Jahanbakhsh managed to throw the ball in front of Katwijk’s goal after an attack he himself had set up, where Ion Nicolaescu, also a new player, scored with a header: 1-2.
Penalty
Shortly after, Van Persie signed goalkeeper Van der Hart in favor of Andries Noppert, who could soon leave for San Lorenzo in Argentina. And this change was not without consequences. After further negligence in the Frisian preparation, the last post was in the eyes of the referees, replacing Lukas Hamann, who had also just entered. Zonneveld takes advantage of the penalty: 2-2.
Quick Boys believed in more, but Noppert managed to prevent the Katwijkers from scoring on several occasions. So it was time to extend.
After Heerenveen in turn unsuccessfully claimed a penalty following a foul on Marcus Linday and substitute Hristiyan Petrov saw a long-range attempt just tapped under the crossbar by Quick Boys goalkeeper Jansen, the header was headed just before the end of the first overtime. . Released substitute Levi van Duijn made it 3-2 for the home club on a pass from Hamann.
After another fifteen minutes of Frisian toil, it was the winning goal. Quick Boys performed again in the cup tournament and reached the quarterfinals for the second time in history.
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