Telstar vs Feyenoord 3-4

Feyenoord left Sportpark Schoonenberg with a 4-3 win after a frantic first half and a second half in which Telstar pulled back to within one goal but could not complete the recovery.

Feyenoord were two up by 21 minutes, with Gaoussou Kyassou Diarra opening the scoring in the first minute and Nacho Ferri making it 2-0 on 21 minutes. Telstar answered through Tyrone Owusu, who equalised from Noach Shenkman’s assist on 30 minutes, but Sem Steijn restored Feyenoord’s two-goal cushion two minutes later with Givairo Read setting it up. Patrick Brouwer then brought Telstar back to 3-2 on 37 minutes, and the half-time score was 2-3.

Steijn made it 4-2 from the spot on 57 minutes, his second of the match, before both sides made changes. Feyenoord made two substitutions on 65 minutes and two more on 77, while Telstar made two on 84. Telstar still found another response, with Noach Shenkman scoring on 69 minutes from Sem Valk’s assist to make it 3-4, but Feyenoord held on through the closing stages.

Telstar had 52% of the ball and 490 passes to Feyenoord’s 449, and also shaded the shot count 23 to 22. Feyenoord were more accurate, though, with 11 shots on target to Telstar’s 9 and an xG of 3.84 compared with 1.39. Telstar won 7 corners to Feyenoord’s 8, while the visitors finished with 6 fouls, 1 offside and 6 saves, compared with Telstar’s 12 fouls, 0 offsides and 6 saves.

Telstar’s only booking went to Gerald Alders on 29 minutes. Feyenoord collected four yellow cards: Charles Vanhoutte on 41 minutes, Gjivai Zechiel on 66, Nacho Ferri on 72 and Javi López three minutes into stoppage time.