Team News
and now the KNVB Beker
By: Tucker |
1 Comment
With their spot in the Champions League all ready assured de Tukkers completed the Eredivisie season with a tepid run-out 1-0 loss to Ajax. The match definitely was lacking in excitement as both sides fate was decided before the match and despite Steve McClaren’s claims the match would be played full out, it definitely had [...]
Category: Team News
Twente wins spot in Champions League
By: Tucker | No Comments
Twente secured a Champions League spot with a 3-0 defeat of AZ. The victory guarantees Steve McClaren’s side a second place finish as they head in the season-ending match against Ajax with the KNVB Beker final later in the month.
Scoring advances were exclusive to Twente in first forty-five minutes as AZ looked far from the [...]
Category: Team NewsTwente holds second-place after draw with Heerenveen
By: Tucker | No Comments
Twente maintained their second-place position by the narrowest of margins as they played Heerenveen to a 1-1 draw.
With both sides meeting in next months KNVB Beker final it seemed that their respective managers Steve McClaren and Trond Sollied were reluctant to show much of their tactical plan for the big day. Excluding a few early [...]
Category: Team NewsDe Tukkers head to KNVB Beker final
By: Tucker | No Comments
De Tukkers incredible season continued as they defeated NAC Breda 3-1 to win a spot in the KNVB Beker final.
NAC took the lead midway of the opening half as Anthony Lurling sent Martijn Reuser’s provision in from the edge of the area. Twente brought the match level eight minutes into the new half [...]
Category: Team NewsDe Tukkers lose late to Feyenoord
By: Tucker | No Comments
De Kuip once again proved to be Twente’s undoing as they lost 1-0. Throughout the match Kenneth Perez created problems for Feyenoord with deadly precision on set-pieces and open play. Twenty minutes in he struck the woodwork on a free-kick and consistently put Eljero Elia and Marko Arnautović in position to score, although both were [...]
Category: Team NewsTwente defeats Roda JC
By: Tucker | 1 Comment
Twente continued to put pressure on Ajax for the Champions League spot as the defeated Roda JC 4-2 at Arke Stadion.
Despite entering the match without the services of Ronnie Stam, Sander Boschker and captain Blaise Nkufo de Tukkers took the lead seventeen minutes in as Kenneth Perez dealt the ball who powered the ball past [...]
Category: Team NewsDe Tukkers play NEC to 1-1 draw
By: Tucker | No Comments
Twente failed to keep pace with AZ and they were held to a 1-1 draw against N.E.C. in Nijmegen.
Marko Arnautović gave Twente the lead somewhat haphazardly as Kenneth Perez drive from a central position inadvertently deflected off the Austrian international twenty-three minutes after the start. The lead should have been doubled a few minutes later [...]
Category: Team NewsDe Tukkers to challenge AZ
By: Tucker | No Comments
With only six matches remaining in the Eredivisie Twente continue their push for the Champions League as they face N.E.C. in Nijmegen.
For Twente, the arrival of Steve McClaren has been a unequivocal success. The much maligned former head of England has taken the Enschede side to within reach of the championship and the height of [...]
Category: Team NewsDe Tukkers close gap on AZ
By: Tucker | 1 Comment
Twente closed the gap on AZ with a comfortable 2-1 victory over FC Groningen at Arke Stadion. With the three points Twente ease within nine points of AZ as they head into the final six matches of the Eredivisie season.
Visiting Groningen, who have hopes for a Europa League spot, had their backs against the wall [...]
Category: Team NewsDe Tukkers continue on path to Europe
By: Tucker | No Comments
Twente continued on the path to Champions League with a 2-0 win over Willem II. While the opposition put on a strong fight in front of their home fans Twente continued its impressive run unbeaten run taking the lead early. After an early effort went off course, Twente took the 1-0 lead ten minutes after [...]
Category: Team News
Home 
