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sport">Giakoumakis shows unprecedented productivity. The goalkeeper from Crete made four goals in one game against Vitesse for the second time this season, recently he also made four goals against ADO Den Haag. In total, the Eredivisie top scorer has already scored twenty goals. The hole with number two Danilo who has eleven to his name is huge. With two goals in the KNVB cup, Giakoumakis has scored 22 goals in twenty matches for VVV, a fantastic average.
sport">The compliments to technical director Stan Valckx for locating and contracting the genuine goalgetter are in order, although no one could have suspected that Giakoumakis would be such a hit in the Eredivisie. In the 149 matches that the 26-year-old striker previously completed for Platanias, AO Episkopi, AEK Athens, OFI Crete and Gornik Zabrze in Poland, he scored 26 goals, a number that he has almost equaled in a year at VVV.
Greek hero sage
sport">Whether it will come to a complete match is still the question. The transfer window is open for four more days and a club can still knock on the door with an offer that cannot be refused. After his four-hit match against ADO Den Haag, Giakoumakis suggested a scenario that he would like to give the club extra bonus points in January to perhaps take a step up at the end of the window. In any case, the first has worked out well, because seven points have since been added and VVV-Venlo is now eleven points above the red line.
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Georgios Giakoumakis was the big man again
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sport">Against Giakoumakis’ Greek heroism was the default of Vitesse, which fell through the ice like never before this season in the first half. Vitesse trainer Thomas Letsch was already wary of a difficult evening in Venlo. Like Vitesse, VVV remained unbeaten in the first four rounds of this calendar year.
Final blow
sport">With thirteen goals against in the first eighteen rounds, Vitesse had the least passed defense in the Eredivisie until this football night, but the Arnhem defenders had no grip on Giakoumakis. The Greek was able to head in twice in considerable freedom and just before half time he lobbed the ball over Remko Pasveer into the Vitesse goal, whereby the question arose whether it was not a failed cross. Anyway, the ball went in nicely and the party was big among the VVV people.
sport">Letsch intervened in the break and brought the physically strong Edrissa Touré and Armando Broja into the team to force something. Vitesse brought a lot more and also had plenty of opportunities to get closer, but the effectiveness has been inadequate for the Arnhem team for a while. A bit of bad luck also had Vitesse. For example, Tannane saw a header hit the crossbar and a little later he brushed from a great distance on the same piece of aluminum. It was substitute Broja who, after a quick attack and good preparatory action by Loïs Openda, gave the stand a more bearable look, but Vitesse did not get any further despite good chances for Tannane and Touré.
sport">And the final blow was delivered by who else but Giakoumakis, who in the final phase very cleverly headed in the 4-1, after which he received a virtual audience change according to the speaker. Against the joy of Giakoumakis and his teammates was the grumpiness of the Arnhemmers. Due to the defeat, PSV has taken Vitesse’s second position this round and leader Ajax can enlarge the gap with the number three to six points on Thursday evening.
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