The Dutch tactician admitted that his side needed to put in a strong performance following their embarrassing defeat against PEC Zwolle last weekend, and revealed that his troops deserved to bag all three points after putting in an impressive show.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Heracles-Almelo-c39520 at Polman Stadion on Saturday, January 26.
The Boeren were heading into the game on the back of a disappointing 1-3 defeat at the hands of PEC Zwolle at Philips Stadion on January 18, while the Heraclieden were heading into the game on the back of a morale boosting 0-1 win over Heerenveen on January
19.
And the Dutch mentor admitted that he warned his troops ahead of the game that they will need to put in their 100 percent if they are to claim a good result.
“After the embarrassing defeat at home to PEC Zwolle, we faced a strong Heracles side, who put in a fine performance against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SC-Heerenveen-c40463 on their last outing. So beforehand, we knew the game could go either way”, Advocaat was quoted as saying to journalists
in the post-match press conference.
The Eindhoven giants commenced proceedings brightly away from home, and grabbed the lead in the 23rd minute through Tim Matavz. Twelve minutes later, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jeremain-Lens-c18323 doubled his side’s advantage.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dries-Mertens-c11679 made it 1-4 six minutes later, while Wijnaldum netted his second of the evening
in the 76th minute to seal a resounding victory over Heracles.
Advocaat admitted that his side staged an impressive show on the pitch, but insisted that they could have kept a clean sheet. Nonetheless, the Dutch trainer was pleased to see his side claim all three points in an impressive fashion at the end of 90 minutes.
“We were well organised in defence and opened the scoring from the first real chance of the game. It was avoidable but fortunately we soon restored a two-goal cushion and then we had them hanging in the ropes. This is a morale-boosting victory for us, after
last week’s shock defeat”, Advocaat concluded.
PSV reclaimed the top spot in the Eredivisie standings following http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233 and Ajax Amsterdam slip ups on matchday 20.
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