Thursday, March 5, 2009

Dutch Cup: Twente and Heerenveen through to semi’s

FC Twente and SC Heerenveen are through to the semi final stage of the Dutch Cup, beating De Graafschap and NEC Nijmegen respectively.

The match between Twente and De Graafschap, played at Enschede’s Arke stadium, was headed for penalties until Marko Arnautovic’ dramatic winner on 121 minutes, 1-0.

Lasse Schöne put NEC in the lead at Heerenveen after 37 minutes, but Paulo Henrique equalised the very next minute.

Patrik Ingelsten then made it 2-1 on 74 minutes and Viktor Elm added a third, a few minutes later.

In Thursday’s semi finals, AZ Alkmaar face NAC while Roda JC host Volendam.