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PSV Eindhoven head coach, d**k Advocaat, is hoping that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dries-Mertens-c11679 could replicate his mid-week’s performance in his side’s upcoming Eredivisie encounter against Roda JC Kerkrade at Philips Stadion on Saturday, August 18.
The Belgian winger failed to perform brightly while wearing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Belgium-c2850, against Netherlands in an international friendly fixture.
The former FC Utrecht star found the back of the net once while set up his teammates on two occasions to help his side claim a convincing 4-2 win over the Oranje.
Following his impressive showings, the PSV head coach is now hoping that the Belgian international could replicate his Wednesday’s showings at Philips Stadion in the upcoming league encounter.
“It takes time to really understand what I want. It would be nice if Dries could manage to stage a good show at home”, Advocaat was quoted as saying to the media.
The Dutch mentor, who took the reins of the Eindhoven giants last month, went on to express his dismay over the Belgian winger’s statement following the Belgium’s 4-2 win over Netherlands.
“Dries has not understood. He should understand why I switched him. Otherwise we will have problems. Against RKC, he was clearly frustrated, and it was not best for the team but him as well to replace him”, Advocaat concluded.
Mertens, who made more than 50 league appearances for FC Utrecht and scored 16 goals while setting up plenty more before moving to Philips Stadion in the summer of 2011, had an impressive 2011/12 campaign.
Netting 21 goals while amassing an impressive 13 assists in 33 league matches, the Belgian forward played an integral role in his side’s third place finish on the table.
The 25-year-old has an ongoing contract at PSV that runs until the summer of 2016.
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