The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/NAC-Breda-c39983 boss praised his side’s performance against Feyenoord, though, the Dutch trainer admitted that conceding an equaliser minutes before the full time whistle feels like a loss.
FC Groningen head coach, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Feyenoord-c39258 Rotterdam at Euroborg Stadion on Sunday, October 7.
However, the 43-year-old tactician was all praise for his troops’ impressive display on the pitch, and admitted that everyone contributed in bagging a point.
“I think we have done well. The team played as we like to see, aggressive and with early pressure. In addition, we had fantastic support from the fans. This has really helped the team”, Maaskant was quoted as saying to the media in the post-match press conference.
Feyenoord started the game brightly away from home, and grabbed the lead within 10 minutes of action through Sekou Cisse. However, the Green-White-Army responded brilliantly, and levelled the score-line in the 14th minute through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leandro-Bacuna-c21807.
The momentum shifted in the home side’s favour, when Terence Kongolo received his marching orders following a second bookable offence in the 26th minute.
Pride of the North capitalised on their numerical superiority, and took the lead second before the half-time interval through Virgil van Dijk.
However, the home side showed their lack of incisiveness in front of goal in the second-half, wasting several goalscoring opportunities to put the match to bed. And the Rotterdam giants took full advantage of their missed chances by netting the equaliser
moments before the full time whistle through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bruno-c8098 Martins Indi to seal the 2-2 draw, with both sides sharing the spoils.
The Green-White-Army boss admitted that a stalemate feels like a defeat when one concedes an equaliser right before the full time whistle.
“In the second half we got enough chances. When you then concede a last-second goal, a draw feels like a loss. That was clearly noticeable in the dressing room”, Maaskant concluded.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SC-Heerenveen-c40463 in their next Eredivisie encounter after the international break on October 21.
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