Roda aim to respond to loss

Roda aim to respond to loss

Published Dec. 20, 2010 1:15 p.m. ET

Fred Rutten's side ran out 3-1 winners at the Philips Stadion and will be looking for a repeat at the Parkstad Limburg Stadion. Roda could be without Sunday's goalscorer Anouar Hadouir after the playmaker was forced off in the second half in Eindhoven with a knee injury. "It depends on whether there is swelling. We must just wait," said coach Harm van Veldhoven. In the other stand-out last-16 tie, holders Ajax welcome AZ Alkmaar to the Amsterdam ArenA on Thursday. Ajax, under the caretaker guidance of Frank de Boer, will be without striker Mounir El Hamdaoui and have doubts over Mido and Teemu Tainio - all due to sickness. Gregory van der Wiel and Siem de Jong are hoping to be fit for the club's last game of 2010 after illness while Oleguer will have a scan later today to determine the extent of his knee injury. The round kicks off on Tuesday when Eredivisie champions TC Twente, semi-finalists in the cup last year, take on Vitesse Arnhem at the Arke Stadion and NAC Breda visit Eerste Divisie strugglers Telstar. There will definitely be lower-league representation in the quarter-finals as Sparta Nijkerk host Noordwijk tomorrow and Achilles 29 take on RKC Waalwijk on Wednesday. In other games, FC Utrecht tackle FC Volendam at the Nieuwe Galgenwaard on Wednesday and FC Groningen travel to SC Genemuiden on Thursday.

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