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Heerenveen fall through in Wolfsburg
Thursday 06 November 2008
After a decent start Heerenveen
were completely overrun in the second half and suffered
a humbling defeat at the hands of mid-table Bundesliga
side Vfl. Wolfsburg: 5-1.
It was the second group game for
Heerenveen after they had lost 1-3 at home to AC Milan;
a defeat that seemed only natural.
But Wolfsburg, a modest German
side, seemed doable in advance, but after the tonight's
embarrassing defeat all of Friesland will be wondering
just what is doable for their pride in Europe.
Heerenveen started the match well
and when Mika Väyrynen opened the score for the
team of Trond Sollied after half an hour the sky seemed
crystal clear for Heerenveen.
But clouds came within minutes.
Three minutes after Väyrynen's
goal Dzeko equalized and another six minutes later Grafite
gave the home team the lead.
Shortly after the break Paulo Henrique
had a great chance to equalize, but after the Brazilian
failed it all went horribly wrong.
Five minutes after Henrique's miss
Zvjezdan Misimovic made it 3-1 and within 20 minutes
the score had become painful by more German goals from
Dzeko and Krzynowek.
It was a match of Heerenveen's
biggest ever European defeat (5-1 against Helsingborgs
IF in 2007) and it can be called a miracle that it didn't
become any worse.
Wolfsburg-Heerenveen 5-1
0-1 31' Väyrynen
1-1 34' Dzeko
2-1 39' Grafite
3-1 53' Misimovic
4-1 60' E. Dzeko
5-1 71' Krzynowek
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