Heerenveen starts the season with an impressive victory over FC Twente. The Tukkers lost 1-0 to the Frisian team. According to club watcher Leon ten Voorde, you could 'draw out how the match would unfold' beforehand. "I had SC Heerenveen better expected. They had a very good season last year, also with ambition. Their selection is almost intact", notes Ten Voorde in The Ballen Verstand. "I had expected more. If you make a balance after the first match, you lose to a team that played very poorly. But what does that say about FC Twente?" The club watcher is 'disappointed' with the way the Tukkers approached the match. "It's your first competitive match... Then I just see a FC Twente that looked suspiciously like the FC Twente of last season. You have the ball, you are, for what it's worth, 'the better team', you have the advantage. There are some possibilities. But it's all the same again..." "It's a bit tempoless. There's so little surprise in it", finds Ten Voorde. The second half was also not good: "The first half was mediocre, but then you look at the second half and how FC Twente starts... Then I thought after two minutes: 'You're asking for it'. The first quarter was terrible and that goal was coming. I've looked back at that goal ten times, then you think: 'Van Rooij..." It falls to Ten Voorde that there's another goal via that flank. "That's not the first time this season. And again in that short corner by Unnerstall... Every shot in that corner, in the right corner of Unnerstall, flies in. He can have it, really", sounds it. De Haan gives transfer update: "Then you have to close the door" Heerenveen starts Eredivisie with impressive victory over FC Twente. League standing: 7th in Eredivisie, 3 pts, 1W-0D-0L from 1 games, recent form W. Goals this season: 1 scored, 0 conceded (+1 goal difference). Next fixture: vs Ajax (at home, 2027-01-31) (3rd in the table).