The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/NAC-Breda-c39983 midfielder was happy to see his side bag a point against the Eredivisie champions, and stressed that his troops performed brightly in front of their home crowd.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/ADO-Den-Haag-c38221 head coach, Maurice Steijn, was extremely delighted with his side’s 1-1 stalemate against reigning Eredivisie champions, Ajax Amsterdam, at Kyocera Stadion on Sunday, September 23.
The Dutch trainer was all praise for his side’s performance, and insisted that his troops staged an impressive show at home.
“We deserved to bag at least a point. I would not say that we outplayed Ajax, but I am certain that my boys did play better than Frank de Boer’s side”, Steijn was quoted as saying to the media in the post-match press-conference.
The former NAC player went on to voice his frustration over the quality of the pitch.
“The field was not good”, Steijn concluded.
ADO started the game aggressively, and created a couple of decent goal-scoring opportunities. Mike van Duinen headed wide off the target, before JensToornstra’s effort was tipped onto the post by the Amsterdammers goalkeeper, Kenneth
Vermeer.
De Joden created their first clear cut chance in the 12th minute, when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Christian-Eriksen-c9074 found Jody Lukoki unmarked on the right side of the box. However, the young winger missed the target, and the chance went begging.
Two minutes later, the home side broke the deadlock through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tom-c35214 Beugelsdijk. The Amsterdam giants tried to score the equaliser, but failed to create any goal-scoring opportunity of note in the remaining action of the first-half.
After the interval, the visiting side continued to mount pressure on ADO’s defence, and eventually managed to net the equaliser through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ricardo-c30950 van Rhijn cross was tapped in with ease from close range by the former
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 striker to bag a point for his side, and keep their unbeaten record in the Dutch top tier intact.
ADO, who have thus far bagged nine points from six games, will lock horns against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233 Enschede at Amsterdam Arena
in their next Eredivisie encounters on September 29.
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