Rick van der Meer, the captain of VV Katwijk, had the task of keeping Sem Steijn away in the cup match against FC Twente on Wednesday. He succeeded better than most players who have to guard the Hague goldcrest this season, but not good enough for a mega stunt.
‘Sour’ is the simple answer to the question of how Van der Meer feels about standing in the catacombs. ‘We had chances in the first half. You know you can beat him, with an opponent like that. Even after their 1-3, we still had the feeling that there was more to it, even though there is a difference in quality. It just didn’t go well,” said Van der Meer.
Did they also train, as is customary at professional clubs, that the substitutes had to imitate the opponent? And who could imitate Steijn, the goalgetter who featured little in the piece tonight? ‘Yes, certainly. I don’t know who it was, but it was not Sem Steijn’s level. I lost him for one moment, yes, then he immediately had an assist. That’s that quality, yes. Anyway, we wanted to prepare well, even though we have few training moments,” says Van der Meer, who is pleased with the performance.
Where Twente again soon another house to prepare for Saturday’s cracker against AZ, the football year is over for Katwijk. Van der Meer reveals the plans for the second half of the season. “We are going to a training camp for a weekend,” it sounds. Hopeful. Marbella maybe, or Belek? Well, no. ‘We are going to Eindhoven. Eindhoven is amazing, a really beautiful city. Can you also have good Saturday evenings? Eindhoven as a panacea, yes.’
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