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There's light at the end of the tunnel
for Feyenoord
Sunday 02 November 2008
Feyenoord scored 4 goals in 17
minutes at Roda JC to decide a match only they deserved
to win and the Rotterdammers now seem to have found
the way up again.
After not having won 6 games in
a row - the last victory dating back to 17 September
- Feyenoord were led by 17-year-old Georgino Wijnaldum
who scored one and had an assist on two other goals.
The defense of the team of Gertjan
Verbeek didn't give away a single chance, their midfield
with Karim EL Ahmadi and Giovanni van Bronckhorst determined
the pace of the game and up front Wijnaldum and Diego
Biseswar were a constant menace for the Roda JC defenders.
Hopefully for everyone with a red-and-white
heart the much needed victory was the turn around for
Feyenoord that now step away from the relegation zone.
Feyenoord drew some hope from last
week's result at home against Heerenveen.
In that game Feyenoord had a terrible
start, but after going 2-0 down the team fought back
to equalize in the last minute of the game.
In midweek Feyenoord played a decent
game but had no luck at all and saw Sparta Rotterdam
snatch the three points just before the final whistle.
However Feyenoord's performance
in that game was better than one can tell from the 2-1
result and today Van Bronckhorst and his men continued
down that line.
Only now the result was paired
to a good result.
In the first half both teams played
just as their position in the table would suggest.
Both were cautious going forward
and always kept 6 or 7 players behind the ball.
But it was Feyenoord who showed
better football and more determination to go out and
score a goal, with each time the young Georgino Wijnaldum
at the start of every good thing they produced.
However the two good chances they
created led to nothing because of Diego Biseswar and
El Ahmadi being too selfish in front of goal.
The game thus remained goalless
until half-time, but after the break that quickly changed.
In the 53rd minute Wijnaldum headed
home at the far post from a great Van Bronckhorst cross
(0-1) and four minutes later Fer scored after a fantastic
effort of El Ahmadi down the left flank and a nice flick
by Wijnaldum (0-2).
The match then seemed decide although
with the shape Feyenoord have been in this season nothing
seems certain.
Yet within 15 minutes Feyenoord
put an end to all doubt.
First Georgino Wijnaldum covered
60 meters with the ball, drew in four defenders and
then played it into the path of Roy Makaay who didn't
think twice and finished it with a diagonal drive from
the edge of the penalty area (3-0).
Only minutes later Biseswar beat
the Roda goal keeper a fourth time after yet another
fast counter attack.
Gertjan Verbeek couldn't believe
what he saw: after weeks of misfortune and missed opportunities
all of a a sudden every shot on target went in.
Feyenoord had a few half chances
to make the score even better, but with the real determination
gone no goals were added.
It was Feyenoord's first away win
since March of this year (AZ, 0-1) and should give the
plagued club some hope that better times await them.
For Roda dark times lay ahead as
they now sink to 17th spot.
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