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Thirteen days after their final league match, MVV and Cambuur can finally start the playoffs. The Maastricht teachers are waiting a heavy task. Opponent Cambuur is in shape and the home team has not won a competition match for two months. Who provides the best starting position?
Maastricht :
MVV managed to force direct placement for the play-offs at the nip. Ron Elsen’s team started the last game round with a backlog at Almere City. MVV itself played a home match against RKC Waalwijk, which actually needed a victory to conquer a play-of-ticket. RKC knew the best start by getting ahead after ten minutes. The home team immediately looked for the equalizer and got great chances. By the thirteenth minute, Ricardo Ippel was caught in the penalty area, after which Patrick N’Koyi made use of the penalty. In a row of rest, it seemed to be a foul when Nick Kuipers took a stupid red card for a headstop. However, MVV held in the second half in the knowledge that competitor Almere City was losing NAC.
In preparation for the play-offs MVV played against FC Eindhoven on Friday, the play-offs were missed. Elsen’s idea was to keep his players in the rhythm of matches. He therefore gave all 21 field players playtime. But in addition, the practice pot proved good for confidence, as MVV gave FC Eindhoven 4-0. Luis Pedro, Dyon Gijzen and Koen Kostons (2x) scored the goals. “This gives confidence for the coming week. A good victory. It’s been a long time since we won from FC Eindhoven, “said Elsen afterwards. Nick Kuipers is suspended for two duels and therefore lacks the ambush with Cambuur. The captain is likely to be replaced by Shermaine Martina. The lightweight Kelechi Nwakali usually returns to the basic setup.
Probable setup MVV Maastricht
Geens; Ciranni, Pereira, Shermaine Martina, Labyille; Nys, Nwakali, Ippel; Pedro, N’Koyi, Schroijen
Cambuur :
Cambuur is the highest-performing team in the play-offs. That was not possible in October when the Leeuwarders were trampled under the trainer Rob Maas in the right hand side. Maas dismissed followed, after which Sipke Hulshoff and Arne Slot made a success. The board also helped by getting good gains during the winter break. Tarik Tissoudali was hired from Le Havre for six months and his former team mate Stefano Lilipaly was taken over from Telstar. Together they scored fifteen goals and many assists in the second half of the season. Slot will be next season assistant at AZ and Hulshoff, Marinus Dijkhuizen will be the head coach at Cambuur. With Dijkhuizen, Cambuur has a ‘footballing’ trainer at home, but also one who has failed at Brentford and NAC Breda after his success at Excelsior.
A slap in the second half of the season was that Cambuur did not get the second place. On the final day there was a direct duel with Jong Ajax that had to win Cambuur to take over the second place in Amsterdam. Jong Ajax did not really play on the pitch, but was clearly in control of the game. At rest it was 2-0 and did not win much more for Cambuur. In the final phase, Erik Bakker scored 2-1 from the penalty shootout. This resulted in an unbeaten series of eight games, of which Cambuur won seven. Hulshoff did not think it was bad for the play-offs. “This is the best football team of the first division. This was also not a real first-division match. It was about speed, technique and tactics and not long balls, “the coach said.
‘MVV has a lesser second half of the season and we are in shape, but in the playoffs everything can be different. We’ll start to zero again, “baker Bakker glanced forward. “The last few weeks do not count anymore. From now on, it really has to happen. “Cambuur has no difficulty in pushing himself into the favorite role. The Leeuwarders declassified MVV in February with 4-0. Cambuur can have the usual basic team. Ricardo Chicken is also completely fit after long injury.
Probable setup Cambuur
Zeinstra; Vanelen, Steenvoorden, Painting, Peersman; Bakker, Lilipaly, Monteiro; Headquarters, Of The Region, Tissoudali
Maastricht vs Cambuur head to head matches
24.02.17 EER Cambuur Maastricht 4 : 0
30.09.16 EER Maastricht Cambuur 2 : 1
15.02.13 EER Maastricht Cambuur 1 : 2
26.10.12 EER Cambuur Maastricht 1 : 3
05.05.12 ERE Cambuur Maastricht 0 : 1