Cooper-Love scores twice as FC Emmen beats Groningen

GRONINGEN, Netherlands (Interstat) — Jack Cooper-Love scored twice as FC Emmen defeated Groningen 2-0 on Thursday at Euroborg. Cooper-Love opened the scoring in the 10th minute and doubled the lead in the 55th. He played 90 minutes and was booked in the 89th. Sybrand Veldhuis had two assists in 77 minutes and received a yellow card in the 25th. FC Emmen improved to 1-0 in this competition, while Groningen fell to 0-1. FC Emmen is now 4-0-1 across all competitions, and Groningen is 4-4-3. Groningen’s Csinger M. and van der Werff D. were booked in the 21st and 23rd minutes, respectively. FC Emmen’s Van Hove B. and van Manen S. also received yellow cards. The 46th-minute substitutions included Prins W. and Csinger M. for Groningen and Lambers D. and Rhein T. for FC Emmen. Substitutions also involved Land T., Ondrejka J. and Hernes T. for Groningen and Breij M. for FC Emmen.