Fortuna "lord and master" against Unitas, DVO loses the opener to DOS '46
Fortuna convincingly beat Unitas in the first round of the Korfbal League and DVO lost the opener to DOS '46. Wilco van den Bos, Daan Euser and Bo van Hoof discuss it in De Korfbal Podcast.
Automatically translated from Dutch. Read the Dutch original.
In DVO - DOS '46 (27‑28), Van den Bos saw DVO playing the better game early on, without the team pulling away. At 12‑9 came a 0‑7 run, after which DOS '46 led 12‑16. After 26‑26, Leander Zwolle decided the match with two goals. "DOS won and were also better", said Van den Bos.
According to the analysts, Gertjan Meerkerk had enough chances, but it did not work out for him that evening. Van den Bos already saw cracks appearing at DVO. "If Robbe de Wit and Koen van Roekel have to become the top scorers at DVO, well, then something is going wrong somewhere", he said.
Fortuna and PKC
Fortuna beat Unitas 32‑18. "They were lord and master in every position", said Van Hoof. In the first half Unitas were allowed to play more korfball, but after the break Fortuna applied a lot of pressure again. Euser calls Fortuna's squad by far the deepest.
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According to Euser, PKC were already 10‑4 up against KZ after a quarter. After that the gap held and it finished 24‑17. Jorien Jordaan was named as the standout player for PKC.
TOP and LDODK
TOP - Dalto long looked like a win for Dalto, who led 13‑18 12 minutes from time. Then TOP switched zones. Robin Bakker moved to the other zone, Thimo Winter came in and it still ended 21‑21.
LDODK beat DeetosSnel 24‑21, who kept up well for a long time. Van den Bos was surprised by Jurgen Jansen and had compliments for Shane Buckland, who in his view shows that he can compete at Korfbal League level.
Favourite in the Korfbal League 2
In the Korfbal League 2, Euser sees one clear favourite. "I actually expect Groen Geel in 1st place without any trouble." Van Hoof also expects Groen Geel can dominate the competition if the team maintains that level, after the 34‑24 against his own DSC. Van den Bos has HKC as his favourite, although he also calls Groen Geel one of the favourites.
Next week LDODK have to travel to KZ. "Then they will have to do a bit better, otherwise they won't make it", was heard at the table. Van Hoof predicts a win for LDODK.
You can listen to the full episode at korfbalinc.nl/podcast.