Vitesse defense still a mess

Saturday 06 December 2008

The defense of Vitesse remains the main subject for their coach Hans Westerhof as his team gave away three goals at Roda JC which led to a 3-0 defeat.

Since Westerhof was caught saying he thought his two center backs were' dramatic' the defense of the team from Arnhem has been in total dismay.

Tonight Westerhof again put a new combination at the hear of his defense with Alfred Schreuder and Frank van der Struijk.

After the first half he replaced Schreuder for Sébastien Sansoni, and had to see how the first interference of the Frenchman led to Roda's second goal.

Sensoni was limping over the pitch after the goal and even before Westerhof was able to replace him Anouar Hadouir made it 3-0 unhindered as Sensoni was unable to mark him.

With Sprockel then replacing Sensoni the defense remained shaky but luckily for Vitesse Roda were unable to make much of it.

Up front Vitesse were powerless and wasn't until the 61st minute before they had their first chance.

Both teams remain at the bottom of the table, but judging on tonight's game Roda have a fair chance of staying clear of the relegation zone whereas Vitesse - unless Westerhof is able to sort out his defense - are a serious candidate to go down this season, .