4:28 pm | Match over
The home team had one more big chance, but substitute Sivertsen did not hit the ball properly five meters from the goal. The FC then received a free kick from which substitute Zawada had another opportunity. The striker shot the ball just over the enemy goal. As a result, this match ends 1-1. Considering the game image, the people of Groningen can be satisfied with that. And so the Pride of the North ends the first half of the season with 27 points from 17 games. It is therefore in the left row of the Premier League.
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4:22 pm | 3 minutes extra time
4:19 pm | 86′ Vaessen keeps FC Groningen on its feet
Substitute Oskar Siira Sivertsen fires a dangerous shot, but sees Etienne Vaessen neatly at his post. The people of Groningen escape unscathed.
4:15 pm | 82′ Double substitution FC Groningen
Thom van Bergen and Marvin Peersman leave the field for David van der Werff and Wouter Prins.
4:03 pm | 71′ Taha hits the post
Not for the first time this season, Younes Yaha is unlucky when an attempt just ends up on the post. He is served by Van Bergen and looks for the far corner with his right. Goalkeeper de Busser had already passed, but the attempt was just too sharp.
4:01 pm | 68′ Triple substitution
Dick Lukkien makes three substitutions. Tyrique Mercera, Tygo Land and Oskar Zawada enter the field.
They replace Brynjólfur Willumsson, Marco Rente Tika de Jonge.
3:53 PM | 60′ Goal FC Groningen: 1-1
Tika de Jonge with the equalizer. He is served by Jorg Schreuders and brilliantly places the ball into the goal from sixteen meters. The Groningers had a lot of trouble and even seemed to sink a bit in the last minutes. Out of nowhere the equalizer suddenly appears on the scoreboard.
3:47 pm | 54′ The home team starts the second half better
The first ten minutes after rest are a lot more attractive than the first 45 minutes. Go Ahead in particular has done better with well-organized football. Suray even seems to be able to score his second goal, but from close range he works the ball over Vaessen’s goal from a difficult angle.
3:43 pm | 51′ Shooting without result
Both teams are trying. First the home team looks for the Groningen goal and that doesn’t make much difference. Then Younes Taha tries his luck, but his attempt ends in the stands.
3:36 pm | 46′ The second half starts
3:20 PM | Rest in Deventer
FC Groningen goes into halftime trailing after a mainly messy half. After the break, Dick Lukkien’s team has to do repair work.
