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Eredivisie Team Of The Week – Round 7

September 30, 2014 Will Burns Leave a comment

Welcome to week seven of our Eredivisie Team of the Week which leads into our Eredivisie ‘Player of the Season’ competition. All players have performed so well this weekend that Martijn Hilhorst and Will Burns have decided they should be in our team of the week. Each player in the eleven receives one point and whichever player is declared ‘Player of the Week’, he receives an extra point.

GOALKEEPER

GINO COUTINHO (Excelsior)

DEFENDERS

RICARDO VAN RHIJN (Ajax)

ERIC BOTTEGHIN (FC Groningen)

JOEY VAN DEN BERG (Heerenveen)

SIMON POULSEN (AZ Alkmaar)

MIDFIELDERS

MARKUS HENRIKSEN (AZ Alkmaar)

DAVY KLAASSEN (Ajax)

MUSTAFA SAYMAK (PEC Zwolle)

ATTACKERS

ELVIS MANU (Feyenoord)

VALERI QAZAISHVILI (Vitesse)

KOLBEINN SIGTHORSSON (Ajax) – Player of the Week

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TEAM OF THE WEEK

Eredivisie Team Of The Week – Round 6

September 23, 2014 Will Burns Leave a comment

Welcome to week six of our Eredivisie Team of the Week which leads into our Eredivisie ‘Player of the Season’ competition. All players have performed so well this weekend that Martijn Hilhorst and Will Burns have decided they should be in our team of the week. Each player in the eleven receives one point and whichever player is declared ‘Player of the Week’, he receives an extra point.

GOALKEEPER

JASPER CILLESSEN (Ajax) – Player of the Week

DEFENDERS

RICARDO VAN RHIJN (Ajax)

SVEN VAN BEEK (Feyenoord)

TERENCE KONGOLO (Feyenoord)

SIMON POULSEN (AZ Alkmaar)

MIDFIELDERS

RYAN KOOLWIJK (FC Dordrecht)

ROBERT BRABER (Willem II)

ADAM MAHER (PSV Eindhoven)

ATTACKERS

LUCIANO NARSINGH (PSV Eindhoven)

TOMMY OAR (FC Utrecht)

LUC CASTAIGNOS (FC Twente)

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EREDIVISIE, EREDIVISIE REPORT

EREDIVISIE: Feyenoord 0-1 Ajax

September 21, 2014 Will Burns Leave a comment

SUNDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER 2014

FEYENOORD 0 – 1 AJAX

Ajax defeated Feyenoord by the single goal in this afternoon’s De Klassieker but they will have Jasper Cillessen and the woodwork to thank for the three points writes Will Burns.

Feyenoord head coach Fred Rutten must have wondered how his side was a goal down after just five minutes, when they could have so easily been in the lead. Jordy Clasie and Ruben Schaken had saw early chances hit the crossbar before Ricardo van Rhijn hit a 40-yard free-kick past the stranded Kenneth Vermeer to give Ajax the shock lead.

The Rotterdammers saw the woodwork prevent the equaliser as Sven van Beek rose above everyone from a Miquel Nelom cross. Minutes later, Jasper Cillessen pulled off a great save from Colin Kazim-Richards to remarkably keep the score at 1-0 to Ajax. Feyenoord were in full control of everything but the scoreline.

The chances were flowing for the hosts but none were easier than Colin Kazim-Richards just before the interval. After a whipping ball into the area from Jens Toornstra, the Turkish international did wonderful to control in the area and wrong-foot marker Niclas Moisander. However, the striker’s finished was a meagre effort as he dragged his shot wide from just yards out. The fans behind the goal in De Kuip all stood with their hands on their head.

The teams went into half-time with the Rotterdammers being far the better side but a goal down and the second-half was more of the same.

The Amsterdammers could truly thank Cillessen for the three points today as the Dutch international was quiet literally pulling out all the stops. After opposite number, Kenneth Vermeer showed a strong hand to deny Kolbeinn Sigthórsson at the other end, Cillessen stopped a great header from Jean-Paul Boëtius from a Luke Wilkshire free-kick.

As Feyenoord pressed, it looked likely that Rutten’s men would at least secure a point, especially when excellent work from Elvis Manu provided Mitchell te Vrede an excellent opportunity to equalise with five minutes remaining. The young striker had time to set himself up perfectly at the back post but his shot somehow stayed out via Van Rhijn and then Cillessen.

The striker grew more and more frustrated as did the raucous fans inside De Kuip when Te Vrede saw his late header tipped over the bar by the outstanding Cillessen.

Despite a massive 16 attempts on goal for the Rotterdammers, Ajax held on to win their fifth consecutive victory over their bitter rivals, which adds more pressure on Feyenoord boss Fred Rutten.

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NEWS

Van Rhijn commits to Ajax

July 17, 2014 Will Burns Leave a comment

Ajax right-back Ricardo van Rhijn has agreed to a three-year contract extension. The 23-year-old right-back is now slated to remain in Amsterdam until 2018.

Van Rhijn is an Ajax academy graduate, having been part of the club since 2002. With Daley Blind solidifying himself in the role of defensive midfield, and the potential transfer of Niklas Moisander looming, van Rhijn will be looked upon by Frank de Boer to provide leadership on the backline. The central defensive partnership of Joël Veltman and Stefano Denswil are young and still relatively inexperienced, however, Nick Viergever has arrived from AZ Alkmaar to lend a helping hand. The left-back position is also a spot where Ajax will suffer from a lack of experience, as the front runner for the position, Nicolai Boilesen, spent much of last season battling injuries.

Van Rhijn is already among one of the more experienced players in the projected Ajax starting eleven for this next season. He has made over 100 appearances for the first team of Ajax, according to the official website of the club.

Van Rhijn now joins Veltman, Thulani Serero and Davy Klaassen as players under contract until 2018, a very solid core for the Amsterdam club.

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TEAM OF THE WEEK

EREDIVISIE TEAM OF THE WEEK

August 5, 2013 Will Burns 1 Comment

Welcome to our new weekly section at TotalDutchFootball.com – the Eredivisie Team of the Week. Below you will see our ‘Player of the Week’ also – each player will be allocated points and at the end of the season we will declare our ‘Player of the Season’. Each player will be given one point for being named in our team and the ‘Player of the Week’ will gain two points.

WEEK 1

GOALKEEPER

Robbin Ruiter (FC Utrecht) – In between the sticks we have FC Utrecht’s Robbin Ruiter, the 6ft 5in goalkeeper kept his team in the match against Go Ahead Eagles on many occasions and lead his team to a draw.

DEFENDERS

Ricardo van Rhijn (Ajax) – The right-back scored a wonderful goal for his side in their 3-0 home win against Roda JC.

Eric Botteghin (FC Groningen) – An excellent debut performance from the Brazilian who has just recently moved from NAC Breda earlier this summer.

Jop van der Linden (Go Ahead Eagles) – The 23-year-old showed the Eredivisie what he can do, with an tremendous double block and even smashing the post in the dying seconds of the game with a superb free-kick

Jetro Willems (PSV) – See Van Rhijn but for PSV against ADO Den Haag

MIDFIELDERS

Kamohelo Mokotjo (PEC Zwolle) – An excellent display that kept Feyenoord’s Jordy Clasie and Lex Immers quiet throughout, also threatened at times.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK Tjaronn Chery (FC Groningen) – A goal and an assist showed the ADO Den Haag fans what they are missing, currently on a season-long loan at Groningen and will sign permanently in July 2014 when his current deal expires.

Christian Eriksen (Ajax) – Ran the show in Friday night’s 3-0 victory, a devastating set-piece display in the opening ten minutes.