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Marked for Sky Heesen

72 Edition

The NEC Chronicle

13 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings13 Dec 2027

Nobody could get near Kodai Sano

Successful dribbles: 40. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings13 Dec 2027

Oussama Targhalline shuts the door

Defensive actions: 33, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Match12 Dec 2027

Nobody wants to play NEC right now

3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Squad13 Dec 2027

Tempers go at NEC

Kodai Sano was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings13 Dec 2027

Dirk Proper shuts the door

Defensive actions: 21, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Match12 Dec 2027

NEC see off Jablonec

Three points for NEC, 2‑1 the final word against Jablonec in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings13 Dec 2027

One of those days for Koki Ogawa

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.68, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match11 Dec 2027

NEC find a way past Groningen

Groningen made NEC work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad13 Dec 2027

No hiding place for Sky Heesen

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sky Heesen, and the manager let it.

In brief

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62 Edition

The NEC Chronicle

4 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings4 Oct 2027

Kodai Sano runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 33. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad4 Oct 2027

Sky Heesen says NEC went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad4 Oct 2027

Tjaronn Chery signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tjaronn Chery commits to NEC for another 2 years.

Market4 Oct 2027

Harrison Dudziak is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at NEC is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad4 Oct 2027

Darko Nejašmić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at NEC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad4 Oct 2027

The manager makes an example of Gonzalo Crettaz

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings4 Oct 2027

One of those days for Danilo

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.91, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match3 Oct 2027

NEC come up short against Jablonec

Jablonec left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Match2 Oct 2027

NEC get the job done against Zwolle

A 1‑0 win over Zwolle, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

In brief

60 Edition

The NEC Chronicle

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad20 Sep 2027

Sami Ouaissa signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sami Ouaissa and NEC agree another 5 years.

Squad20 Sep 2027

Tjaronn Chery in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at NEC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match18 Sep 2027

Danilo the difference as NEC beat Roda

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Danilo. 3‑1 against Roda, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings20 Sep 2027

Danilo in the eights

A performance of 9.27 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings20 Sep 2027

Kodai Sano in the eights

A performance of 9.01 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad20 Sep 2027

No hiding place for Tjaronn Chery

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Tjaronn Chery, and the manager let it.

Player ratings20 Sep 2027

Başar Önal in the eights

A performance of 8.74 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings20 Sep 2027

A masterclass from Koki Ogawa

Marked 8.32 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Match19 Sep 2027

Honours even between NEC and Barcelona

2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief