KNVB brings three Eredivisie games forward due to winter weather | Football

sport">These are PEC Zwolle – RKC Waalwijk, FC Emmen – AZ and sc Heerenveen – Vitesse. In Zwolle and Emmen, the kick-off starts at 2 p.m. on Saturday, in Heerenveen at 4:30 p.m. All these games were scheduled for Saturday-evening. The match PSV – FC Twente (4.30 pm) will be played at the originally set time.

sport">“We have pumped up the orange balls,” says a spokesperson for FC Emmen, which plays against AZ. A snow team is available in case the artificial turf field needs to be cleared of snow.

sport">At sc Heerenveen, they are also doing everything they can to get the playing field ready for Saturday evening’s duel with Vitesse and the orange balls are also ready. “I now look at the field, there is a large white tarpaulin over it and the field heating is on,” said the spokesman.

sport">In the past, the KNVB was criticized because the association often decided at the last minute to put a line through football matches in bad weather conditions. On December 10, 2017, referee Danny Makkelie decided to postpone the league game between Sparta Rotterdam and Vitesse first and then cancel it completely due to the snow on the field. There was also a line through the game between FC Utrecht and Feyenoord.

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