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Utrecht Beat NEC After Late Penalty Miss as Nieuwenhuis Wins Lokeren and Rotterdam Police Make Five Arrests in Fatal Shooting

NEC continue to challenge the validity of Utrecht’s winner, while authorities report a major drugs-and-cash seizure and emergency services handle multiple fires and accidents across the region.

Overview

  • FC Utrecht defeated NEC 1-0 at the Galgenwaard, with Miguel Rodríguez scoring before Tjaronn Chery hit a late penalty against the crossbar as Utrecht climbed to sixth place.
  • NEC players and staff dispute the decisive goal and protested on the pitch, with Bryan Linssen cautioned; the disagreement with officials remains unresolved after the match.
  • Joris Nieuwenhuis claimed a solo victory at the Rapencross in Lokeren by 48 seconds, while Lars van der Haar, who announced his upcoming retirement earlier in the week, finished ninth.
  • Rotterdam-IJsselmonde shooting left a 20-year-old man dead; police have arrested five suspects aged 17 to 24 from Rotterdam and nearby towns, and say the investigation is ongoing.
  • Rotterdam police disclosed a preventive search at Marconiplein that yielded €91,000 in cash and 3 kilograms of heroin, and separate incidents included a supermarket warehouse fire in Ulft and a vehicle going into water in Druten that injured two people.