The Utrecht Gazette
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Victor Jensen runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 41. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
No sign of nerves from Marius Broholm at 21 — 8.53
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Marius Broholm did not need any: 8.53, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Vasilis Barkas 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 Utrecht this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match19 Sep 2026
Utrecht get the job done against Vitesse
A 1‑0 win over Vitesse, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
A masterclass from Souffian El Karouani
Marked 8.21 — 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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Utrecht lose Guus Timber
20 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Loan watch21 Sep 2026
Mees Eppink counts the days
“I watch every Utrecht game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Vitesse runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Utrecht pick somebody else ahead of Matisse Didden
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
A defender's afternoon for Siebe Horemans
Defensive actions: 12. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
In brief
- Squad Tijn den Boggende has seen what the next man earns
- The terraces The press have found their man in Marius Broholm
- The terraces The stand has a song for Souffian El Karouani