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De spelers van RS en Watergras strijden om de bal<\/span><\/p>

\n\t\n\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\tImage by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJoshua Kruter<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>

In a nearly packed Woudestein Sport Centre, Rotterdamse Studenten (RS) indoor footballers gave away a victory last Friday. Having allowed GZV Watergras from Gouda to equalise in the\u00a0dying seconds of the game, which resulted in a 4-4 final score, the men\u2019s team is yet to score its first victory of the season.<\/p>\n

RS\u00a0put up a very creditable defence against Watergras, which had scored a whopping fifteen points more in the first seven games of the season. The Rotterdammers were not rattled by an early goal by their opponents and found the net twice before halftime: 2-1.<\/p>\n

Dive<\/h3>

In the spectacular opening minutes of the second half, the referee granted Watergras a penalty following a \u201ctackle\u201d which looked suspiciously like a dive. The penalty was successfully taken. RS goalkeeper Alvaro Cassarotti was shown a yellow card in the process, which resulted in the Rotterdam team having to replace its goalkeeper with a field player for a few minutes. It was at this stage of the game that Watergras scored its third goal: 2-3. Afterwards, Jur van der Beek seemed to be on his way to giving RS the victory through a goal from a messy situation in front of the goal and a fabulous counter, but an impressive long-distance shot by\u00a0Watergras threw a spanner in the works: 4-4.<\/p>\n

\u201cScrewed\u201d<\/h3>

RS coach Charl Sait said the draw was \u201cundeserved\u201d. \u201cWe should have won this game. We pressed our opponents so hard we really made things tough for them. Unfortunately, yet another game was decided on small details. We made some bad decisions towards the end, or perhaps we should have communicated better. And I\u2019m sure we got screwed with that penalty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Business administration student Jur van der Beek, 21, not often scores goals. \u201cSo it\u2019s great that I scored two today. But we gave away yet another victory at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Due to the draw, RS continues to be the lowest-ranking team in the Topklasse B league. Even so, the Rotterdam-based team does not believe it will be relegated at the end of the season. \u201cSince we have a new group of players, we were counting on scoring few points until December,\u201d said Van der Beek. \u201cWe are playing better and better. Now fortune just needs to favour us for a change.\u201d<\/p>\n

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