After the Topper Between Rotterdam and Bloemendaal (4-2) Ended, it was just one subject. Rotterdam is extremely curious 3-2, four minutes before time. It was all due to a misunderstanding that you rarely have experience with field hockey fields. A unique and fatal ball by Jasper Brinkman led to the goal of Guus Jansen. A goal that everyone would have understood if it was not approved.
Something strange happened in the 56th minute of Rotterdam-Bloemendaal. Rotterdam just shot a ball wide. Bloemendaal may take off. Jasper Brinkman van Bloemendaal runs ahead with the ball, but is very far outside. A little casually he wants to put it down for teammate Wiegert Schut, who stands behind him. With one hand he pushes the ball wide with his stick. Careless, without looking back. No pass half -ball.
Suddenly Rotterdam -attacker Guus Jansen appears. He runs the ball like a predator and comes to it. Brinkman has long been reversed, fully assumed that the ball will be removed by his teammate. But it doesn’t. Jansen runs at full speed in the circle and touches the ball hard with his backhand: 3-2. Schut looks helplessly, practically waiting for the whistle to blow. That does not happen, with the removal of Bloemendaal. They reported that they adopted a massive referee. He sticks to his decision, the goal counts.
It turned out to be the decision in the topper, which finally ended in 4-2. “I understand that everyone is talking about it,” said Brinkman afterwards. He is the last one on Thursday at 10.30 pm the dressing room in Bloemendaal. The door is barely closed when he is approached by Rotterdam -goalkeeper Derk Meijer, who is also curious about what really happened.
“The ball went behind,” Brinkman recalls patiently. “And I wanted to take it quickly. But I was pretty far from the circle edge. You have to take the ball to the head of the circle. I found out that I was not in the right place. I think I was at least five meters away. Too high the court and too far to the left. ‘
I think it was very clear that the ball was ‘not really taken’. Everyone thought so. Except one person. Guus. Jasper Brinkman
He just showered. His hair is still wet under his cap. Images he has not seen at that time. I wanted to put the ball back with my stick so that someone else could take him. I think it was very clear that the ball was ‘not really taken’. Everyone thought that. Except one person. Guus. I give him a lot of honor to try it. But this should not have been a goal. ‘
Guus Jansen Storms Off, Schut looks on Helplessly. Photo: Willem Vernes
“Did he really play the ball?”
A conclusion target scorer Jansen agrees. “I wanted to shoot as soon as possible,” the rushed striker laughed afterwards. “That was to give the referee as little time as possible to reverse the situation. If I am very honest, I would have understood if that had happened. ‘
Jansen refers to Paul van den Appoint, under whose eyes the curious situation has happened. The referee was on top. “Jasper touched the ball a little half baking and plays it to the middle,” said Van den Appoint. ‘Between another Bloemendaal player and someone from Rotterdam. In the competition I rated that as a pass. A poorly taken free ball. But now that I have seen images, I also think: did he really play the ball? And should I have interrupted the game? If I had made it easy for myself, I would have done the latter. That would have been the best decision. ‘
‘Then it is also a question whether you still have not allowed the goal because of that pass for that. Again, that can go a bit far. I am about this at the Balking. You don’t want the game to determine this moment. And now it does.
Bloemendaal Coach Van den Heuvel in conclave with referees Steven Bakker and Paul van den Assum. Photo: Willem Vernes
The discussion during the inauguration
Afterwards this moment was of course food for discussion. Immediately after the last Whistle Bloemendaal coach Michel van den Heuvel the story of the referees started. In a corner of the field they were still discussing the game, while around the middle of the European Championships of both clubs were honored. It was a Droll view that matched the strange situation.
Of course Brinkman immediately tried to change Van den’s thoughts. “We went to him quickly, but it was pretty clear that this situation would not be reversed.” With a sigh. ‘Next time I will leave the ball away. Just to be sure. ‘
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