According to Spox, Veerman moved the game skillfully over and over again, with his free kick almost good for the 2-0, but Stas Pokatilov making a brilliant save. His passes reached his teammates in the attack, causing dangerous counter-attacks. He then gave a perfect pass that announced the second goal of the black-yellow, making the score 2-1. VoetbalPrimeur reports that Ruhr24 praised Veerman for constantly trying to move the game directly to the attack, with his fantastic pass from the midfield for the 1-2 of Guirassy being an example. Sport.de also saw the same picture, but was critical of Veerman, stating that he sometimes left his position too easily in defensive organisation.