Calvin Verdonk Failed To Help NEC Win Points When Traveling To PSV Headquarters

Calvin Verdonk still appears consistent with NEC Nijmegen (Instagram/@c.verdonk).

JAKARTA - NEC Nijmegen suffered the third period at the 2024/2025 Eredivisie. When traveling to PSV Eindhoven headquarters, Saturday, September 14, 2024, NEC lost 0-2.

The red card at the beginning of the match was the culprit for the NEC club's defeat. Kodai Sano was sent off by the referee in the ninth minute plus ended in a penalty for PSV. Sano dropped Guus Til in the forbidden box.

Luuk de Jong successfully executed the 12 strike and made PSV 1-0 up.

NEC was forced to defend while looking for loopholes to take advantage of the counter-attack. Their possession of the ball was only 23 percent.

Rogier Meijer's team could only fire two shots, one of which was right on target.

NEC Nijmegen is sinking five minutes after Luuk de Jong's goal. In the 16th minute, Guus Til doubled PSV's lead after taking advantage of Olivier Boscagli's assist.

The first half was closed with a PSV 2-0 advantage.

The PSV, which controls 77 percent of the ball, hit the NEC defense. They fired 26 shots of which 11 were on target.

The NEC defense line, which is also filled with Indonesian national team player, Calvin Verdink, was also made to work hard to withstand the host's attack.

NEC's defense also received more credit because it prevented the team from conceding more than two goals until the game was over.

Defenders Brayann Pereira, Bram Nuytinck, and Calvin Verdink who played full time got a higher score than midfielders and attackers.

According to Falshscore, the Nuytinck centre-back has the highest score, which is 6.9. Pereira's right-back is in the following position with a score of 6.8. Then, Verdok, who operates on the left side of the defense, packs a score of 6.5.

Another factor that makes NEC only lose 0-2 is the slick performance of goalkeeper Stijn van Gassel.

Gassel stands out the most among all NEC players with a score of 7.5. He countered PSV's many golden opportunities.

The 27-year-old goalkeeper made an important save on gold chance De Jong, Richard Ledezma, and Joey Rightman.

In fact, Gassel has just made his debut with NEC to replace Robin Roefs who was sidelined due to injury.

Gassel is one of the new NEC players to be recruited in this summer's stock exchange.

Meanwhile, a full performance against PSV is affirming Verdonk's consistency with NEC.

In the previous four matches, the Indonesian national team left-back also always played full. In fact, Verdok's record is fairly slick with an average performance value of 7.2.

Verdok's biggest value was created when NEC arrested Fortuna Sittard 3-0 in the fourth week of Eredivisie 2024/2025. At that time, the 27-year-old player was scored 8.

Next, Calvin Verdonk and colleagues will travel to Heracles headquarters in the sixth week of Eredivisie, September 22, 2024.