AFC Ajax’s Frank de Boer content after scoreless draw against Olympique Lyonnais – UCL news
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-Lyonnais-c40130 held Ajax Amsterdam to a scoreless stalemate in the opening encounter of the UEFA Champions League at Amsterdam Arena on Wednesday, September 14.
Frank de Boer, the Amsterdammers manager, expressed satisfaction with his side’s effort on the pitch against the French giants.
Although the Amsterdam giants created number of goalscoring opportunities in the match, they failed to find the back of the net with many attempts going wide of the target. Les Gones also threatened the hosts with some terrific moves, but they failed to
hit the target as well.
The Dutch trainer believes that his side played impressively in the opening 25 minutes. However, they let themselves down as the match progressed. The tactician admits that his side has to learn from their mistakes.
“This was a fantastic lesson for us to learn as technical staff and players. I can live with the 0-0 final score. We started the match well in the first 20 minutes and made the right choices, but after that we became too untidy. We have to learn from this
and become clever”, De Boer said while talking to the Dutch media.
De Joden head coach then went on to praise Kenneth Vermeer, the Amsterdammers goalkeeper, who made two excellent saves towards the end of the match.
“If you want to have a perfect start then you can say we lost two points today. However, in the end our goalkeeper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kenneth-Vermeer-c20618 saved us twice. We had a lot of ball possession, created some chances, but so did they”, De Boer concluded.
Ajax will travel to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 to battle against Real Madrid in their next Champions League encounter at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on September 27. The Amsterdammers coach will be hoping that his side stage a better show away from their home turf and secure a
point at the least. However, the tactician knows that it will not be an easy task securing a draw in the Spanish capital.
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