The Zwolle Herald
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Dylan Mbayo runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match14 Aug 2027
The wait goes on for Zwolle
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Sebastián Cocimano wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Zwolle know it.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Younes Namli 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 Zwolle this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Federico Ragnoli Galli is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Zwolle
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Maxim Dekker 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.
Market16 Aug 2027
One of our own: Bas De Roon joins the Zwolle first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bas De Roon is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Aug 2027
Guus Timber steps up from the Zwolle academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Guus Timber has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Robin De Jong steps up from the Zwolle academy
- Market One of our own: Virgil Babel joins the Zwolle first team
- Player ratings A masterclass from Elias Sørensen