The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 boss is confident of making progression to the next phase of the UEFA Europa League after claiming a 2-0 win in the first-leg against Mlada Boleslav.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233 Enschede head coach, Steve McClaren, has urged his side to take the lead early in the return leg of the third qualifying round of the Europa League tie against Mlada Boleslav at Mestsky Stadium on Thursday, August 9.
The Tukkers claimed an easy 2-0 win in the first-leg at De Grolsch Veste last Thursday.
The Enschede giants started brilliantly in front of their home crowd, and put immense pressure on the visiting side’s defence. However, they failed to break the deadlock in the opening 45 minutes.
After the half-time break, the Tukkers continued to dominate proceedings, and took the lead in the 52nd minute through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leroy-Fer-c22126. Six minutes later, Nacer Chadli doubled his side’s advantage to seal the win in favour
of the Tukkers.
McClaren, who guided Middlesbrough to the final of UEFA Cup in the 2005/06, has revealed that his side will try to take the lead early in the game.
“I only thing that I would be forcing everyone to do in the return leg is to convert their chances and take the lead early on. We failed to score at home until the half-time break, but we must score early here to enhance our chances
of making progression”, McClaren was quoted as saying to Nusport.nl.
The English trainer, who took over the managerial hot seat at De Grolsch Veste earlier this year, went on to admit that he also has to give rest to his key players, as his side will commence the 2012/13 campaign against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Groningen-c39119
on Sunday, August 12.
“We will be playing a game on Sunday. Dmitry Bulykin is likely to play in the upcoming Europa League game, but I cannot confirm whether he will be in the starting XI or not”, McClaren concluded.
The Enschede giants would be keen to progress through to the next phase of the Europe’s second tier club competition by claiming a win in the return leg as well.
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