Eredivisie top scorer Tasos Douvikas scores again and helps FC Utrecht win against SC Heerenveen

He enthusiastically celebrated the victory of FC Utrecht, Tasos Douvikas, match winner in the match against SC Heerenveen. And once wronged him. Thanks to his goal, he is even more firmly at the top of the top scorers ranking of the premier league after tonight. But to say that the duel with the Frisians was just as entertaining as last week against AZ?

Expectations were perhaps too high prior to tonight’s meeting in Galgenwaard. With the spectacle in the AFAS Stadium still fresh in the memory (5-5), it could actually only be disappointing. And it was disappointing for a long time, against SC Heerenveen, which had the best opportunity to score a goal in the equal first half via striker Sydney van Hooijdonk. On the other hand, Douvikas was dangerous twice, once after a good preparation by his fellow thoroughbreds Can Bozdogan and Taylor Booth.

But otherwise the contrast was great with the duel of a week ago in Alkmaar. Against the cartload of opportunities of the past, there were now only a few pinpricks back and forth for a long time. Of which the Frisian possibilities often arose because the Utrecht central defenders Mike van der Hoorn and Modibo Sagnan left quite a bit of space open.

It became more entertaining after the break, shortly after SC Heerenveen debutant Jeffrey Bruma had been sidelined with an apparent hand injury. Promptly there was a bit more panache in the game, underlined with a beautiful free kick from Bozdogan, which was just as beautifully rammed out of the intersection by goalkeeper Xavier Mous van de Friezes, replacement for the injured Dutch national team goalkeeper Andries Noppert.

It would be the start of a period in which FC Utrecht increasingly grabbed SC Heerenveen by the throat. Defining moment: Milan van Ewijk’s stupid foul, which preceded the 1-0. Douvikas was then able to boost his goal average from the spot. After that, Booth, among others, was unsuccessfully given the opportunity to give the score more cachet. In keeping with the entertainment that was offered in that phase, also designed with a goal by substitute Che Nunnely of the visitors that was rejected due to offside.

But as amusing as a week ago? No. That was probably an illusion too. One consolation: Next Tuesday there will be another episode AZ-FC Utrecht. Then in the battle for the eighth finals of the KNVB Cup.