Poorly finishing Groningen drop points at Sparta

Sunday 18 January 2009

FC Groningen dropped two unnecessary points in Rotterdam against Sparta this afternoon.

Groningen played poorly and finished poorly.

Center forward Markus Berg should have scored twice and in the hectic dying minutes of the game his team were fortunate to not lose the game all together.

Despite the fact that Groningen played a very poor first half they could have decided the game before the break.

Helped by the far from solid Sparta defense they had a number of good chances.

The home team worked hard but couldn't enforce anything up front.

In the second half Groningen kept missing chances and thus made it hard on themselves, although at first all problems seemed solved when Koen van de Laak put them ahead in the 48th minute.

But fifteen minutes later they got the bill for their sloppy finishing when Joey Godee battled himself through the Groningen defense and scored: 1-1.

Both Berg and Lovre failed to put Groningen ahead again and with the home team pressing for the winning goal they were lucky to get away with a point.

Sparta Rotterdam - FC Groningen 1-1
0-1 48' K. van de Laak
1-1 60' J. Godee