The Zwolle Herald
Player ratings19 Mar 2029
Dylan Mbayo beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 41. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market19 Mar 2029
Thijs Oosting is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Zwolle is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad19 Mar 2029
Tempers go at Zwolle
Lucas Rosa 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.
Squad19 Mar 2029
Thijs Oosting falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match17 Mar 2029
Zwolle come up short against Heerenveen
Heerenveen left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout19 Mar 2029
Kenzo Riedewald gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout19 Mar 2029
Calvin Berghuis: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Looking ahead19 Mar 2029
A reunion for Nick Viergever
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against PSV in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
Market19 Mar 2029
Tom de Graaff linked with a move away
The name of Tom de Graaff keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Zwolle say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- Squad Jared Westveer makes his debut at 21
- The dugout No place in the plan for Koen Kostons
- The dugout Lev Jenzeh has become a man the manager trusts