Fortuna Sittard empty-handed after a spectacle at Go Ahead Eagles | Football

sport">Mickaël Tirpan and George Cox were missing at Fortuna Sittard. The latter woke up sick on the day of the match. Despite the lack of the two strongmen, it was Fortuna that struck quickly. Zian Flemming found Mats Seuntjens and he signed for the opening goal. It got even better for the visitors, when Ben Rienstra signed for the 0-2 with a watched slider.

sport">Go Ahead Eagles insisted and also had opportunities through, among others, Giannis Botos, whose header ended on the crossbar. Yet Fortuna was even closer to a hit. Keeper Warner Hahn had already been knocked out by a header from Zian Flemming, but it was headed out of the goal mouth at the last minute by Joris Kramer.

sport">A blunder in the back of Fortuna brought Go Ahead back into the game shortly after the break. After miscommunication between defender Ivo Pinto and goalkeeper Yanick van Osch, Luuk Brouwers was able to tap the ball in. However, it did not take long before the margin was two again. A deflected corner came at the feet of Tasfaldet Tekie, who hit hard from over twenty meters and found the net through the bottom of the bar.

sport">The game was certainly not over yet, because after an hour of play, the 2-3 was in the net. Marc Cordona cleverly nodded his first for the Deventers after an excellent cross by Ragnar Oratmangoen. There was plenty to do and just like two weeks ago against Heracles Almelo (4-2) it was another spectacular match in the Adelaarshorst.

sport">The pressure from the home team then increased considerably. Although it certainly didn’t rain any chances, the 3-3 fell just under ten minutes before the end. From a well headed corner it was Inigo Cordoba who scored the equalizer from close by. The winning four then also go to Go Ahead. Kramer nodded – again from a corner – the 4-3 against the ropes. Fortuna was not completely finished yet, because Rienstra nodded on the crossbar and Arianit Ferati also hit the crossbar in the final seconds, but the points remained in Deventer.

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