Michael de Leeuw completed his hat-trick seconds before the full time whistle to help the Green-White-Army emerge victorious, but the 43-year-old tactician was not pleased with his side’s display on the pitch.
FC Groningen head coach, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roda-JC-c40375 Kerkrade at Euroborg Stadion on Sunday, September 30.
The Dutch trainer insisted that his side deservingly bagged all three points, but expressed his disappointment over his troops’s below par performance.
“I think we deserved the win, let there be no misunderstanding. But I have a poor feeling after stepping off the field”, Maaskant was quoted as saying to journalists in the post-match press-conference.
The hosts started the game brightly, and managed to grab the lead in the 17th minute through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mark-Jan-Fledderus-c24154.
Eight minutes after the break, the Green-White-Army managed to take the lead yet against, with De Leeuw netting his second of the evening. However, the hosts once again failed to hold on to their one-goal lead, as De Limburgers
managed to level the score-line in the 78th minute through Amin Affane.
The home side put immense pressure on the Kerkrade outfit’s back-line in the remaining action of the game in search of a winner, and De Leeuw’s strike seconds before the full time whistle sealed a hard fought 3-2 win in favour
of the Green-White-Army.
Maaskant revealed that they believed in claiming a victory after Roda JC levelled the score-line second time in the game.
“Fortunately, we kept believing and we managed to score the winner. We realise we needed to improve, but we can put together a string of runs after this”, the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/NAC-Breda-c39983 boss concluded.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Feyenoord-c39258 Rotterdam in their next Eredivisie encounter at home on Sunday, October 7.
Maaskant will be hoping that his side continues to grind out good results.
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