The 50-year-old tactician insists that his side must forget their 1-0 triumph against Schalke 04 in the Europa League tie and focus on their upcoming Eredivisie encounter.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233 Enschede head coach, Steve McClaren, has revealed that his side’s upcoming league clash against NEC Nijmegen will prove to be a tough
game. The two sides will go head-to-head at McDOS Goffertstadion on Sunday, March 11.
The Tukkers claimed a hard fought 1-0 victory in the first leg of UEFA Europa League round-of-16 clash against Schalke 04 on March 8, where http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luuk-de-Jong-c22956 netted the only goal of the match from the spot.
The 50-year-old tactician has insisted that his side must put in another good show in the upcoming league encounter and bring all three points back to Enschede, if they are to become Dutch champions at the end of the ongoing 2011/12 campaign.
“Everyone performed brilliantly against Schalke. Everyone is fit. The team has shown its mental strength. Media created a lot of hype after our stunning 6-2 victory over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 Eindhoven last week. However, all the players remain focused for the Europa League
tie, and claimed a well deserved victory”, McClaren was quoted as saying to Voetbal International.
The English trainer then went on to admit that NEC are a strong side and insisted that it will be a difficult game for his team.
“http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/NEC-c40018 are our next challenge and a new test for the players. We do not want to perform highly in one game and stage a below par show in the next one. I believe NEC are a strong side with experienced players. It will certainly be a difficult night for us”,
McClaren concluded.
The Enschede giants are currently sitting second in the league standings, trailing the current Eredivisie leaders, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AZ-c38571 Alkmaar, by a mere point with a game in hand.
McClaren will be hoping that his side performs at its best and bag all three points, though he will be missing out on four of his side’s key players in this clash.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Douglas-c11600 will sit out their suspensions.
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