The Eindhoven giants boss expressed joy following his side’s impressive win over the Romanian outfit in the UEFA Europa League group stage encounter.
In the last round of UEFA Europa League group stages, PSV Eindhoven recorded a comfortable 2-1 victory over Rapid Bucharest at Philips Stadion on Thursday, December 15. The Boeren head coach, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fred-c14136 Rutten, expressed his joy following his side’s win over the
Romanian outfit.
The Eindhoven giants performed highly in the Europe’s secondary club competition and their fine form had already ensured them top spot in Group C before the final round of the group stage.
However, they failed to start the match against the Romanians brightly at home. As the match progressed, the hosts began to find their rhythm and started to put pressure on the visitors’ back-line.
Nonetheless, the score-line remained 0-0 at the half-time interval with both sides having missed good opportunities.
The Giulestenii continued to impress in the second-half, but the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Stanislav-Manolev-c33925.
The 26-year-old stopper powered his shot into the bottom right corner of the net after being set up by a pass from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ola-Toivonen-c28363.
Three minutes later, PSV doubled their lead through Tim Matavz. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jeremain-Lens-c18323 played a ball inside the box from the right for the assist.
The visitors pulled one back in the injury time through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Racing-c40298 to a 2-1 win.
Rutten admitted after the match that his side failed to produce a good show in the opening 45 minutes, but added that they deserved the win for their impressive play in the second half.
“We failed to impress in the opening half. In the second-half, it went a lot better. The fans could now go home with smiles on their faces”, Rutten said during the post-match press conference.
The Dutch trainer then went on to heap praise on the 26-year-old, who scored the opening goal.
“Everything Stanislav touched, he succeeded. However, I am disappointed that we conceded a goal in the final minutes of the match”, Rutten concluded.
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