Sunday, January 25, 2009

Feyenoord stop losing slide with last gasp draw to Willem II

Leon Vlemmings earned his first point as Feyenoord manager but it did not come easy as Andwélé Slory added time goal secured a 1-1 draw to Willem II. However the match was not without controversy as the faithful at De Kuip will make rightfully make claim referee Roelof Luinge made a mess of the match with a series of errors.

Feyenoord came out with creative intent with Giovanni van Bronckhorst providing Roy Makaay, Luigi Bruins, Theo Lucius and Diego Biseswar ample opportunity to finding the score-sheet but finishing falling short each time. Feyenoord should have had the lead at the break when André Bahia's header off a corner had crossed the line, before being put back into play but inexplicably the referee waived play on.

Six minutes after the re-start Willem II took the lead with a rare assaulting effort as Jens Janse headed the ball in off a set piece and De Kuip was getting very restless. With fourteen minutes remaining Leon Vlemmings called upon Andwélé Slory for Karim El Ahmadi and it would prove to be the satifying piece to the puzzle as four minutes into injury time as Diego Biseswar played the ball into Slory, who finished perfectly to earn the draw.