Roda took on Alemannia Aachen in a club friendly on 1 August 2026. The visitors won 4-2 at the end of a game with seven goals. Roda led 2-0 after the first half before the visitors turned things around.
Roda struck first in the thirty-first minute. They added another in the thirty-third to move ahead. Alemannia responded quickly, scoring in the thirty-eighth and forty-first minutes. To be fair, they showed they could react on the pitch.
The second half opened with Roda finding the net again in the sixty-eighth minute. They thought they had seen it out. Alemannia came back twice, in the eighty-eighth and ninety-third minutes. And here's the thing about comebacks — they only happen when you keep pushing.
Roda controlled possession at fifty-five percent. They registered one hundred and nineteen attacks compared to one hundred and fourteen for the visitors. Yet Alemannia took their chances more effectively. The statistics show a game where numbers told one story and the result another.
Roda had won their last friendly against Berschot-Willebrink 1-0. Alemannia came into this match after a 1-1 draw with Val Waalwijk. This result breaks a run of strong performances for the German side.