The Zwolle Herald
Match11 Mar 2028
Zwolle taken apart
1‑4 to AZ, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Jasper Schendelaar stands alone
9 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Market13 Mar 2028
Torben Bos asks to leave Zwolle
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
Karst de Leeuw keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Zwolle may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match11 Mar 2028
No end in sight to Zwolle's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Zwolle has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad13 Mar 2028
A falling-out at Zwolle
Stije Resink and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match11 Mar 2028
Zwolle leaking at the back
5 matches, two or more conceded in every one of them. Sides that create as much as this can live with it for a while. Nobody lives with it forever.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Silvinho Esajas 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.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
Thijs Oosting 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.
In brief
- Market Virgil Gravenberch steps up from the Zwolle academy
- Market Patrick Weghorst steps up from the Zwolle academy
- Market Daley Timber steps up from the Zwolle academy