Keepers checking their notes. I'm not up enough on either of these teams to know if one is a better PK stopper.
Wonder if there's a statistical home advantage in PKs. Sparta kicks first Barkas for Utrecht looks nervous... Sparta scores on an unstoppable kick. Dost plays the stutter and sneaks it in... 1-1. Sparta hard down the middle 2-1... Booth scores - soft low left 2-2 Sparta scores - hard low left... 3-2 vdStreek scores hard and low 3-3 Sparta scores - 4-3 cornrow kid makes it - boussaid ties it up OMG - horrible miss by sparta... Utrecht need this... Brouwers is saved... 4-3... ugh
Booth starts against PSV with Pepsi and Tillman on the bench. Playing on the right up front, apparent 4-3-3z
Back on defense, beaten by a through ball he might have been able to read and stop. Leads to a good shot and good keeper save.
He knew they weren’t gonna score there. Setting Pepi up to be the hero. Speaking of Pepi, I wish Utrecht had the ball more so I could see super peppy Booth. He became my favorite YA to watch post WC.
Hasn’t seen much of the ball. Either due to a poor pass just a minute ago or no pass. Ball has mostly been going through the left side in attack.
I was hoping for cramps. Still hoping for cramps, but I’m sure it didn’t feel that way to him. Fingers crossed that it turns out everyone was being really cautious.
https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/broederstrijd-in-de-eredivisie-booth-meert-aan-in-volendam use google translate if interested 6 october in Volendam and 4 februari 2024 in the Galgenwaard.
Taylor gets the start in this playoff for a conference league spot against Sparta Rotterdam. Winner faces Go Ahead Eagles in the final, who beat NEC Nijmegen earlier. Booth still working his way back into form. Will be interesting to see if he's on the Olympic roster. Chance for a high profile performance today.
Utrecht on the front foot early, but not by a ton. Just allowed their first shot (wide). Booth had a shot well-deflected out of danger, and got run over from behind once.
Announcer having trouble distinguishing ter Avest at right back from Booth at right wing. Corner kick for Utrecht to the spot - Taylor hits it toward the lower corner but too many bodies in the way and the shot winds up harmless. Looked like a designed play to set him up for that, so disappointing.
Great defensive header by Booth, running in front of Saito at the back post and flicking a cross away from danger.
Lauritsen heads home a Jonathan de Guzman corner to make it 1-0 Sparta. Booth was defending elsewhere.
EQUALIZER FOR UTRECHT! Short corner to Booth. He burns a man on the dribble, and plays a cross that find ter Avest, albeit a bit behind him. ter Avest heads toward frame, and Flamingo sees the opportunity to flick it toward the corner from inside the six yard box, and pulls it off. 1-1.