The second stage is now over, having let and snatched first place in the first two stages respectively, and now the third stage has opened up as another chance for teams who have previously underachieved to qualify for the promotion play-offs. Two youth teams are ineligible for promotion in tonight's three matches in the Dutch Bundesliga, so who is more motivated to play among the other four?
FC is a team that was relegated to the Dutch Eredivisie in the 20/21 season after a 4-year campaign, and this is only their second season in the Dutch Eredivisie; FC is a team that hasn't been able to play in the Dutch Eredivisie for decades, even though they are ranked in the top of the standings this season, and played in the promotion playoffs last season. The other two Dordrecht and Den Bosch, no matter the team budget or current ranking, seem to dare not hope for promotion, can live in the present is good. As a result, it seems that only Venlo is a team with some ideas.
As expected, right after last week's Midlands Cup exit, Venlo presented a 2022-2025 strategic plan with the goal of returning to the Dutch Eredivisie. After all, Venlo's budget can be ranked in the middle of the table in the Dutch Eredivisie, and the team has been playing in the Dutch Eredivisie for about half of the time in the past 15 years, so it's relatively reasonable to set up such a goal, and it also expresses the club's ambition of not being satisfied with the status quo in the Dutch Eredivisie. However, it is a little bit unfortunate that the team failed to qualify for the Dutch Cup even though they lost 2-3 in midweek. As for the lineup, Venlo's top scorer Bracken and attacking force Verheyen are both injured, but judging from the performance of the Dutch Cup, Venlo scored 2 goals against the Dutch Eredivisie team, so they still have a way on offense.
Due to the winter transfer window, the team wants to buy the team
The main center back of Hilt, and has already made an offer. The center back was the first time he didn't make the match roster in the last round of the Dutch Bundesliga and is expected to still miss tonight as a transfer is imminent
In addition, Eindhoven youth is also difficult to count on the first team to have players to support, in last night's Dutch Eredivisie match, Eindhoven was forced to draw 2-2 on the road, after many appearances in the youth team of the left back Opegao, midfielder Ledesma, winger Bakayoko are sitting on the bench, these personnel on the call-ups, will certainly give the youth team to play the Dutch B games have an impact. Especially at present, Eindhoven is affected by injuries and transfers, the depth of the bench is average, the manager Fanny clearly said that this season to keep Bakayoko and Ledesma do not let the sublet out, which means that it is very difficult for them to participate in tonight's Dutch Eredivisie game. In addition, due to the youth team's main goalkeeper Piersman has an injury, last round of Eindhoven youth team let the 17-year-old Smolenas first start in the Dutch B. The two goalkeepers on the bench are also 18-20 years old, and none of them have played in the Dutch B this season.
