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Fortuna Sittard and Telstar drew 2-2. Telstar defender Sem Valk scored a remarkable own goal when his lob from about 30 metres caught goalkeeper Ronald Koeman Jr. by surprise.
Koeman Jr. said he had not taken the ball in his hands because he feared receiving a red card, but later said he should have done so.
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Ronald Koeman Junior faced disciplinary action from the KNVB’s football prosecutor after criticizing the refereeing following the 4-3 defeat to Feyenoord.
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Feyenoord lost 3-0 at home to Internazionale in the Champions League. The Italian side led 2-0 at half-time and added a third goal after the break. Feyenoord, playing Thijs Kraaijeveld in place of the injured Jeremiah St. Juste, did not score and has three points after four matches. Captain Luciano Valente and coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst said Internazionale had been the stronger and more experienced side. The match was briefly interrupted in the second half after fireworks fired from outside De Kuip landed on the pitch near Inter goalkeeper Josep Martínez. Police arrested two people in connection with the incident. A single report said that a flare also damaged the stadium roof.
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Fortuna Sittard and Telstar drew 2-2 in the Eredivisie. All four goals came in the first half. Mohamed Ihattaren put Fortuna ahead from the penalty spot, after which Telstar defender Sem Valk scored an own goal while attempting to play the ball back to goalkeeper Ronald Koeman Jr. Telstar levelled before half-time through Abdelnour Soualhia and Patrick Brouwer. Neither side scored after the break. Fortuna remain sixth with 20 points, while Telstar are 16th with 10 points from 12 matches.
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Telstar beat FC Utrecht 4-2 in Velsen-Zuid, ending a run of 10 matches without a win and securing its first home victory of the season. The match marked the return of former Telstar coach Anthony Correia with Utrecht. Tyrone Owusu, Abdelnour Soualhia, Nökkvi Thorisson and Ar’Jany Martha scored for Telstar; Ángel Alarcón and Yoann Cathline scored for Utrecht. The result gave Telstar nine points from 11 matches, while FC Utrecht had three more. It followed Telstar’s 2-0 KNVB Cup defeat to Almere City, after which some supporters had called for coach Henk Bruges to leave. Director Leon Annokkée had urged supporters to back the team, and Bruges thanked the home crowd for its support during the Utrecht match.