Just the two shock results in the second round of the Dutch cup (the KNVB Beker), as amutuer side Capelle handed Eerste Divisie team Almere City a 1-0 defeat to set up a tie with the Eredivisie’s FC Groningen in the Third Round draw. Meanwhile, Excelsior ’31 took Willem II to extra-time and turned the pro side over 2-1.
The second round began on Tuesday with the big shock coming late that afternoon. Topklasse side Capelle saw off Almere with Marvin Strik scoring the only goal in extra time.
In an all-Eredivisie tie, Heracles overcame RKC Waalwijk in extra-time with a Thomas Bruns goal.
NEC Nijmegen eased into the next round as they hammered Hoofdklasse side Harkemase Boys 8-0 with Cristoph Hemlein netting a hat-trick. The other goals were netted by Navarone Foor, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Samuel Štefánik and a Jakob Jantscher double.
SC Cambuur smashed Katwijk 6-1 with Kevin Brands, Paco Van Moorsel, Martijn Barto, Marcel Ritzmaier, Ramon Leeuwin and Marlon Pereira all netting for the Eredivisie side, while striker Jos Leonard grabbed a consolation.
ADO Den Haag scored three second half goals to progress courtesy of GVVV. The score finished 3-0 to the Eredivisie side with goals from Vito Wormgoor, Mathias Gehrt and Mike van Duinen.
Go Ahead Eagles nailed down a 3-0 win over DVS’33, with Erik Falkenburg, Doke Schmidt and Jop van der Linden with the scoring.
On Wednesday night, PSV came back from a goal down to defeat Telstar 4-1 thanks to a Jurgen Locadia hat-trick. It was a poor game which saw Dianga Matusiwa score at the Phillips Stadion after just nine minutes. Florian Jozefzoon equalised on 40 minutes before Locadia netted five minutes later from the penalty spot. The young striker converted his second spot-kick on 74 minutes and looked to handball his third in from a whipping free-kick from the right from Zakaria Bakkali. PSV were rewarded with a home time against Roda JC in the next round.
FC Volendam held an under strength Ajax side into extra time at the Amsterdam Arena, although the Eredivisie giants scored three goals in the added time to win 4-2 at the final whistle. Volendam’s man-of-the-match Robert Mühren equalised after Lucas Andersen had put Ajax ahead, before putting the striker scored again to put the Eerste Divisie side ahead in extra time. However, Ajax then rose with a Lasse Schöne double, and a Danny Hoesen goal giving them the victory and the home tie against the lowly ASWH.
Vitesse comfortably beat RVVH 3-1 even though they originally fell a goal behind. Theo Janssen, Jan-Arie van der Heijden, and Guram Kashia all netting with Jesse Eggers scoring for the minnows.
NAC Breda also had to come from behind against Smitshoek. Tom den Boer scored for the underdogs but Elson Hooi and Mats Seuntjens spared NAC’s blushes in a 2-1 win.
Goals from Filip Kostić and Genero Zeefuik gave FC Groningen a 2-0 win over AFC.
Rijnsburgse Boys took the lead against Roda JC through Martin van Eeuwijk, but the Kerkrade side fought back, and two goals from Frank Demouge to give them the victory.
FC Utrecht also coasted through to the next round with a 4-1 win over FC Den Bosch. The in-form Steve de Ridder notched again, Gevero Markiet also netting and Jens Toornstra scoring twice while Mark van der Maarel scored an own goal to give the visitors a consolation.
The cup holders AZ Alkmaar needed extra time to progress past Sparta Rotterdam by four goals to one. Johan Voskamp levelled the game up after Mattias Johansson’s opener. Meanwhile in extra-time, a double from Aron Johannsson and a Steven Berghuis strike saw AZ safely through.
Continuing their postivie start to the season, PEC Zwolle beat Fortuna Sittard 2-0 with Joost Broerse and Rochdi Achenteh scoring the goals.
Thursday evening wrapped the action up with Feyenoord defeating FC Dordrecht 3-0 thanks to a Graziano Pelle goal with Ruben Schaken and Samuel Armenteros adding to the tally.
Goal-scoring machine Alfred Finnbogason continued his fine form scoring twice in Heerenveen’s 3-0 win over FC Twente. Luciano Slagveer opened the scoring.
SECOND ROUND RESULTS
Tuesday 24th September
CAPELLE 1-0 ALMERE CITY (AET)
HARKEMASE BOYS 0-8 NEC NIJMEGEN
TEC 1-3 MVV
KATWIJK 1-6 SC CAMBUUR
DE GRAAFSCHAP 1-3 EXCELSIOR
EXCELSIOR ’31 2-1 WILLEM II (AET)
IJSSELMEERVOGELS 3-2 HELMOND SPORT (AET)
FC OSS 1-2 VVV VENLO
KOZAKKEN BOYS 3-0 SCHEVENINGEN
ACHILLES ’29 5-1 HSC ‘21
DVS ’33 0-3 GO AHEAD EAGLES
DEURNE 0-2 FC EMMEN
EHC 1-4 FC EINDHOVEN
BARENDRECHT 0-2 JVC CUIJK
GVVV 0-3 ADO DEN HAAG
RKC WAALWIJK 0-1 HERACLES (AET)
Wednesday 25th September
RVVH 1-3 VITESSE
SMITHSHOEK 1-2 NAC BREDA
RIJNSBURGSE BOYS 1-2 RODA JC
AFC 0-2 FC GRONINGEN
PSV 4-1 TELSTAR
AZ ALKMAAR 4-1 SPARTA ROTTERDAM (AET)
FC UTRECHT 4-1 FC DEN BOSCH
HOEK 3-0 HBS
PEC ZWOLLE 2-0 FORTUNA SITTARD
DE ZOUAVEN 0-2 NOORDWIJK
ASWH 1-0 ADO ‘20
AJAX 4-2 FC VOLENDAM (AET)
Thursday 26th September
HEERENVEEN 3-0 FC TWENTE
WILHELMINA 08 3-1 SWZ
DE TREFFERA 0-1 EVV
FEYENOORD 3-0 FC DORDRECHT
THIRD ROUND DRAW
(Matches to be played October 29th-31st)
VITESSE vs. NOORDWIJK
AZ ALKMAAR vs. ACHILLES ‘29
KOZAKKEN BOYS vs. FC UTRECHT
FEYENOORD vs. HSV HOEK
PSV vs. RODA JC
AJAX vs. ASWH
FC EINDHOVEN vs. NEC NIJMEGEN
EXCELSIOR vs. GO AHEAD EAGLES
SC CMABUUR vs. NAC BREDA
PEC ZWOLLE vs. WILHELMINA ‘08
SC HEERENVEEN vs. VVV VENLO
EXCELSIOR ’31 vs. HERACLES
MVV MAASTRICHT vs. ADO DEN HAAG
FC EMMEN vs. IJSSELMEERVOGELS
FC GRONINGEN vs. CAPELLE
JVC CUIJK vs. EVV
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