The Green-White-Army head coach expressed his joy as Lorenzo Burnet’s strike helped his side end their four-match winless streak with a 1-0 win over SBV Excelsior.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Groningen-c39119 recorded a hard fought 1-0 victory over the relegation threatened SBV Excelsior at Stadion Woudestein on Friday, March 23.
Pride of the North head coach, Pieter Huistra, was content with his side’s performance and revealed that the win will certainly boast his side’s morale.
While talking to Voetbal International, the Dutch trainer stated that:
“This is nice win and it will certainly go a long way. Whether our bad patch is over or not, we will see that next week. However, this win has certainly given us a great relief. Although we could have played better upfront, I will still not complain”.
The visiting side commenced proceedings brightly and put immense pressure on the hosts’ back-line. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wesley-de-Ruiter-c36797,
but failed to beat the gloves man.
However, the Roodzwarten goalkeeper could not restrict Lorenzo Burnet’s effort from hitting the back of the net in the 18th minute.
The Green-White-Army could have made it 2-0 before the half-time break, but Leandro Bacuna’s effort came back off the post.
After the break, the home side battled hard to score the equaliser, but the visiting side did well to restrict their movement outside the penalty area. The Groningen outfit goalkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luciano-c22574, was only tested once when he held Rangelo Jango’s header with
ease.
When the referee blew the final whistle to end proceedings, the score-line read 1-0 in favour of the visitors.
Burnet, who scored the only goal of the match, expressed his joy with the win and admitted that it was a much-needed victory.
“We knew at the start that we had to win, no matter what. Eventually I succeeded. I believe the crises at Euroborg Stadion are over. We will now battle hard for every point in the remaining seven matches”, the 21-year-old defender said while talking to the
media.
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