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Amsterdam is the boss of Den Bosch in top hockey
Amsterdam’s hockey players ended the premier league match against Den Bosch with a narrow home win: 2-1. The number three in the rankings therefore leapfrogs the people from Brabant to second place.
Leader Bloemendaal already won 3-2 at Pinoké on Saturday and, having played one game less, has two points more than Amsterdam.
Den Bosch without pillars
Both Amsterdam and Den Bosch have had a strong start to the competition. The people of the capital only suffered their first defeat last week against leader Bloemendaal, while the Brabanders, like Bloemendaal, were still undefeated. A quite remarkable achievement for numbers eight and six from last season.
Den Bosch traveled to the Wagener Stadium somewhat apprehensively, because the team had to do without three important pillars who remained sidelined injured: the Dutch captain Thierry Brinkman, who came over this summer, Pepijn Reyenga and the Austrian Fabian Unterkircher.
The first half provided little spectacle, although the home team was saved by the horn at the end of the first quarter, when two residents of Den Bosch stormed towards the enemy goal with only one Amsterdam defender in addition to the goalkeeper as an obstacle.
South African brothers
Shortly after halftime, top scorer Boris Burkhardt lived up to his fame by striking with a penalty corner straight through the middle: 1-0. It was already the seventeenth competition goal for the hockey player born in The Hague. Koen Bijen had a great chance to equalize after an error in the Amsterdam defense, but he ran into goalkeeper Joren Romijn.
Jasper Tukkers had the 2-2 on his stick in the final phase, but Romijn was able to get his glove against it. And so Den Bosch suffered its first defeat of the season and also lost a position in the rankings.
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