Willem II scored a late winner on Saturday (February 16) to earn a draw 1-1 at Twente who failed to win their fifth consecutive ...
match in the Dutch league. Twente, who started the match in fourth place, had most of the early possession but struggled to find the target against bottom of the table Willem II.
RESENDING WITH UPDATED RESULTS AND STANDINGS SHOWS: ENSCHENDE, NETHERLANDS (FEBRUARY 16, 2013) (IMG - SEE ABOVE FOR RESTRICTIONS BEFORE BROADCAST) TWENTE (RED) V WILLEM II (RED/BLUE/WHITE STRIPES) 1. PLAYERS WALK ONTO PITCH 2. TWENTE FANS 3. SAVE - TWENTE ATTACK, WOUT BRAMA (6) SENDS LONG PASS TO THE EDGE OF THE AREA, DOUGLAS (19) TOUCHES TO LUC CASTAIGNOS (30) WHO TURNS, SHOOTS, WILLEM BELGIAN GOALKEEPER DAVID MEUL TIPS IT AWAY FOR A CORNER IN THE 23RD MINUTE 4. MISS - TWENTE ATTACK, (15) CROSSES INTO THE AREA, RASMUS BENGTSSON (17) HEADS IT OVER THE CROSSBAR IN THE 33RD MINUTE 5. TWENTE GOAL - CORNER, CLOSE RANGE SHOT BY BENGTSSON BLOCKED WILLEM KEEPER MEUL, BRAMA LOOPS INTO THE AREA, LEROY FER'S (8) HEADER REACHES DOUGLAS WHO HEADS IT INTO THE NET IN THE 43RD MINUTE 6. DOUGLAS CONGRATULATED SECOND HALF 7. SAVE - WILLEM ATTACK, VIRGIL MISIDJAN (11) FIRES FROM THE EDGE OF THE AREA, TWENTE BULGARIAN GOALKEEPER NIKOLAY MIHAYLOV TIPS IT AWAY FOR A CORNER IN THE 55TH MINUTE 8. CHANCE - TWENTE FREEKICK TAKEN BY SERBIAN DUSAN TADIC (10), PARTIAL CLEARANCE BY WILLEM DEFENCE, FER LIFTS BALL INTO THE AREA, WILLEM GERMAN DEFENDER PHILIPP HAASTRUP (14) HITS THE POST WHILE TRYING TO CLEAR IN THE 58TH MINUTE, BENGTSSON SENDS REBOUND WIDE 9. CHANCE - TWENTE ATTACK, CHILEAN MIDFIELDER FELIPE GUTIERREZ (21) TURNS, PASSES TO FER, BALL GOES TO ROBERT SCHILDER (5) WHO FIRES WITH LEFT FOOT AGAINST THE CROSSBAR IN THE 67TH MINUTE 10. WILLEM GOAL - TWENTE DEFENCE'S CLEARANCE GOES TO SUBSTITUTE RICARDO IPPEL (12) WHO DRIVES A LONG RANGE SHOT INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET IN THE 90TH MINUTE 11. IPPEL CELEBRATES 12. SLOW MOTION REPLAY OF GOAL 13. TWENTE COACH STEVE MCCLAREN 14. FANS RELEASING FLARES 15. FANS WAVING TOILET PAPER IN PROTEST AGAINST MCCLAREN 16. BANNER READING 'STEVE GO HOME' STORY: Willem II scored a late winner on Saturday (February 16) to earn a draw 1-1 at Twente who failed to win their fifth consecutive match in the Dutch league. Twente, who started the match in fourth place, had most of the early possession but struggled to find the target against bottom of the table Willem II. Luc Castaignos collected a good pass from Douglas and forced a save from Willem goalkeeper David Meul in the 23rd minute and Swedish defender Rasmus Bengtsson sent a header over the crossbar in the 33rd minute. Twente increased the pressure and finally broke the deadlock near the end of the first half. William keeper Meal blocked Bengtsson's effort following a corner but Brama managed to loop a cross into the path of Leroy Fer whose headed was followed up by Brazilian-born turned Dutch Douglas who scored in the 43rd minute. Willem's 19 year-old Virgil Misidjan tested Twente Bulgarian goalkeeper Nikolay Mihaylov 10 minutes after the break and the visitors just escaped from scoring an own goal when German defender Philipp Haastrup hit the post while trying to clear a cross from Fer. Twente's Robert Schilder crashed a shot against the bar after a good move by Chilean midfielder Felipe Gutierrez. But Willem kept the best for last, Ricardo Ippel, firing an unstoppable shot into the top corner of the net. The home draw conceded at the last minute led Twente expressed their discontent with their British coach Steve McClaren who is having a second spell at the club after winning the Dutch title with them in 2010. The 1-1 draw left Twente in fourth place, tied on 44 points with second place Ajax and third Feyenoord. Willem II remained at the bottom with only 14 points. = Match summary: Twente Enschede 1 Douglas 43 Willem II Tilburg 1 Ricardo Ippel 90 Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 29,500 = Results and standings from the Dutch championship matches on Saturday Saturday, February 16 Twente Enschede 1 Willem II Tilburg 1 NAC Breda 1 Heracles Almelo 1 PSV Eindhoven 2 Utrecht 1 Roda JC Kerkrade 2 AZ Alkmaar 2 = Friday, February 15 NEC Nijmegen 1 VVV-Venlo 2 = Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 PSV Eindhoven 23 16 2 5 77 25 50 ------------------------- 2 Ajax Amsterdam 22 12 8 2 51 24 44 ------------------------- 3 Feyenoord 22 13 5 4 43 28 44 4 Twente Enschede 23 12 8 3 39 20 44 ------------------------- 5 Vitesse Arnhem 22 11 6 5 41 28 39 6 Utrecht 23 11 6 6 34 27 39 7 NEC Nijmegen 23 9 6 8 32 36 33 8 ADO Den Haag 22 6 10 6 35 40 28 ------------------------- 9 Heracles Almelo 23 6 10 7 45 45 28 10 Groningen 22 7 5 10 22 33 26 11 AZ Alkmaar 23 6 7 10 34 40 25 12 NAC Breda 23 6 6 11 25 40 24 13 RKC Waalwijk 22 5 8 9 25 29 23 14 Heerenveen 22 5 8 9 31 42 23 15 Roda JC Kerkrade 23 4 10 9 32 45 22 ------------------------- 16 PEC Zwolle 22 4 8 10 22 35 20 17 VVV-Venlo 23 4 7 12 27 49 19 ------------------------- 18 Willem II Tilburg 23 2 8 13 21 50 14 = 1: Champions League / EC I 2: Champions League preliminary round 3-4: Europa League 5-8: Europa League play-off 16-17: Relegation play-off 18: Relegation = Next Fixtures (GMT): Sunday, February 17 Vitesse Arnhem v Groningen (1130) ADO Den Haag v Heerenveen (1330) PEC Zwolle v Feyenoord (1330) RKC Waalwijk v Ajax Amsterdam (1530)
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