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Roda lineup: Kujovic
- Sonkaya, Rudge, Luijpers, Filipovic - Sérgio, van Dessel, Vicelich -
Soetaers, Cristiano, Anastasio.
Excelsior
lineup: Malkowski - Swerts, Olfers, Sprockel, Breuer - Bastos, Boutahar,
Mtiliga - Lopes, Koswal, Pinas.
A week after giving RKC an
unwelcome defeat at the Mandemakers stadium, Excelsior continue their run of
successes with a 2-3 away win against Roda for whom it's the 1st home defeat
of the season. Adri Koster fielded a defensive formation in the
Parkstad Limburg Stadion and was content to leave one or two strikers up
front and let Roda come at them. It worked for a while as the home team
couldn't come up with anything threatening to worry Zbigniew Malkowski in
the Rotterdammers' goal. Excelsior concentrated on launching dangerously
fast counters and after 17 minutes Cecilio Lopesd the score. Wiljan
Vloet's team couldn't come up with any moves of their own, which is pretty
much their form of late, and they were lucky to be still unbeaten at this
stage. Roda looked better after the break and Fredrik Berglund drew them
level in the 62nd. 6 minutes later Lopes nosed the Rotterdammers ahead again
with a header and Leo Koswal added a 3rd in the 83rd. Patrick Mtiliga was
sent off in the 87th minute befor Edrissa Sonko scored a late consolation
2nd for the 'Kerkrade Crew' in the last minute. |
