A wave of aid swept over the sphere in Breda on Sunday afternoon: the Push girls had lastly scored one other victory within the Promotion League. At house, the staff had overwhelmed Groningen 3-1, a a lot wanted victory in a season that was rather more troublesome than in earlier years. Nonetheless, the staff remained combative. ‘Worry of relegation we by no means had.’
After a troublesome first half of the season, Push logically ended up on the backside of the Promotion League. Final week, the staff even dropped to eleventh place, the place that results in relegation on the finish of the season. This was in stark distinction to the identical time final yr, when the Breda girls battled Rotterdam within the playoffs for a spot within the large league. The season earlier than that, Push completed in fourth place as a promoter, only one level behind the quantity three.
On paper a minimum of, Push has not deteriorated when it comes to composition. It did lose routines like Pien Holleman and Meke van Heesch, however Bieke Wijnmaalen, amongst others, introduced again large league expertise. Moreover, the staff, similar to Wijnmaalen and Elshout themselves, consists largely of gamers from their very own youth. The workers can be similar to that of previous seasons. In order that’s not the rationale. The environment can be nonetheless good. We notice that we’ve got to stay collectively. Level out what goes properly and what’s not. Preserve involving one another. Then the environment within the group simply stays optimistic. Everybody continues to be very good to one another.
At Push there was lastly one thing to cheer about Sunday afternoon towards Groningen. Picture: Rob Romer
In keeping with Elshout, the 4-2 defeat towards promoted Have been Di every week earlier prompted additional sharpness. ‘We unnecessarily gave away a lead there. By some means that loss pushed a button. We could have been on high the final two years and really feel we belong on this league: it doesn’t occur by itself. Because of this, we educated yet one more tooth than regular.’
Carry on combating
That sharpness was rewarded, regardless that Groningen had each likelihood of successful the sport. Push took the lead, however Groningen hit again within the third quarter and made it 1-1 from a penalty nook. In the meantime, it was raining corners for the guests, however every one was defused by Lauren Logush’s effective goalkeeping.
Groningen participant Evaline Janssens tries to take the ball away from Fabiënne Elshout. Picture: Rob Römer
Solely within the final quarter did the Breda girls draw the sport to themselves by scoring twice in fast succession. First, the just-18-year-old Sam Heeren put her staff again on high after a stopping error within the Groningen protection. The identical Heeren broke by way of once more a couple of minutes later to serve Maartje Pierik. The striker simply tapped in, securing the win.
‘We knew we had been higher than the rankings confirmed, however it’s a must to present it on the sphere. Right now we lastly did that. I loved the person actions and the way we stored going. We by no means had any concern of relegation. You all the time need to lookup. However you don’t get it as a present. It’s a must to maintain combating.’
