Sparta find first win of the season as Telstar's hot start comes to an end

[p]Hosts [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/telstar/Aw0qTPat/"]Telstar[/a] looked to build on their hot start after beating UEFA Champions League qualifiers [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nijmegen/nRluRF0T/"]NEC[/a] 2-1 in Nijmegen. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sparta-rotterdam/KK4FaFV3/"]Sparta[/a], meanwhile, aimed to get their season going after falling 1-0 to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/feyenoord/8zjySeoN/"]Feyenoord[/a] in their season opener.[/p][p]Sparta got what it wished for when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/young-marvin/boNtOrd2/"]Marvin Young[/a] was the last to touch the ball in a scrimmage, rolling it past [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/koeman-ronald/nipXvHLD/"]Ronald Koeman Jr.[/a] to give the visitors the lead after six minutes.[/p][embed guid="f5face54-8a0c-432d-834e-d09fb3afe9b3" url="https://x.com/ESPNnl/status/2088354122072228069?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Telstar were not up to the challenge in the first half, with Sparta nearly doubling the lead through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/thorisson-nokkvi/xIS2OM4b/"]Nokkvi Thorisson[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/terho-casper/KU39iLth/"]Casper Terho[/a], and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/santos-ayoni/jXHl0bUN/"]Ayoni Santos[/a], but Koeman kept Telstar alive with excellent saves.[/p][p]The woodwork kept both sides from scoring early in the second half, with Ayoni Santos and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/seedorf-jelani/AZozbzoe/"]Jelani Seedorf[/a] hitting the post on either side of the pitch within minutes of each other.[/p][p]Nokkvi Thorisson finally doubled Sparta's lead after an hour's play, rewarding [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mito-shunsuke/vNvtKGMk/"]Shunsuke Mito[/a]'s brilliant solo effort by burying the ball in the far corner.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="b87a1bf1-4182-4769-9a50-c97a9e58c239" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="4c5e4342-8723-4a97-ae6c-1b94cf1520fa" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Telstar gave themselves a lifeline after centre-half [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/soualhia-abdelnour/UcgS7gMa/"]Abdelnour Soualhia[/a] beautifully and calmly beat goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bednarek-filip/Kr9pYKT2/"]Filip Bednarek[/a] with a keepy-up and smashed the ball into the roof of the goal, giving Telstar seven minutes of added time to find an equaliser.[/p][p]A final push saw Ronald Koeman Jr. come all the way up for a corner given to Telstar after Bednarek wasted too much time, but the second time Koeman came up ended in despair, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-cruijsen-robin/bwuTeQwQ/"]Robin van Cruijsen[/a] ending the match 3-1 as he put the ball in an empty net.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/sparta-rotterdam-KK4FaFV3/telstar-Aw0qTPat/?mid=WSkV5lzI"]Check the full match statistics on Flashscore[/a][/b][/p][infobox id="7e3b12a0-8b09-4d80-a9ed-f734b143168f" /]