FC Groningen 1-0 http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AFC-Ajax-c38228: Pieter Huistra pleased with win – Dutch Eredivisie news
FC Groningen cruised to a hard fought 1-0 victory over Ajax Amsterdam at Euroborg Stadion on Sunday, October 2. Pieter Huistra, the Green-White-Army head coach, was delighted with his side’s win against the defending Dutch champions.
The 44-year-old tactician expressed his satisfaction on his troops’ performance on the pitch and revealed that it was a much needed victory that would serve as a morale booster.
“This is a good victory, especially for the confidence. We constantly had the initiative. We were on top, we wanted to compete and played nice football”, Huistra said while talking to the media.
Pride of the North started the match brightly in front of their home crowd. The hosts came close to taking the lead inside the opening ten minutes, but Virgil van Dijk headed inches wide of the target from a Dusan Tadic corner.
Moments later, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Miralem-Sulejmani-c25985 could have broken the deadlock at the other end, but his left-footed effort went wide of the post.
Both sides missed chances in the opening half and went in for the break with the score line untouched.
The Amsterdam giants commenced the second-half proceedings in a better way and put consistent pressure on the hosts. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brian-van-Loo-c8072, the Groningen goalkeeper, made impressive saves
to preserve a clean-sheet.
In the 61st minute, Gregory van der Wiel received his marching orders, following a second bookable offence, when he handed the ball inside the area. Bacuna stepped forward to take the spot-kick and made no mistake in hitting the bottom left corner
of the net.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Siem-de-Jong-c33482 could have scored the equaliser in the 76th minute, but Van Loo made another brilliant save to keep his team’s slim lead intact. The score line remained at 1-0 and the referee blew the final whistle.
The Green-White-Army manager revealed that his side played aggressive football and were rewarded for their efforts by the end of 90 minutes.
“I am satisfied with the way we played. We put consistent pressure and played aggressive football”, Huistra concluded.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AZ-c38571 Alkmaar by six points.
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