The Arnhem outfit suffered a 2-0 loss against Anzhi Makhachkala in the return leg of UEFA Europa League third qualifying round, and the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 boss was extremely disappointed following his side’s exit.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vitesse-c40905 Arnhem’s European ambition has ended following a 2-0 loss at the hands of Anzhi Makhachkala in the return leg of UEFA Europa League third qualifying round at GelreDome Stadion on Thursday, August 9. The Russian outfit also
claimed a 2-0 win in the first-leg at home last week.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fred-c14136 Rutten, the Arnhem-based club head coach, was extremely disappointed with his side’s Europa League exit. The former PSV Eindhoven boss admitted that his troops staged a poor show in front of their home crowd, and insisted
that they conceded two poor goals.
Samuel Eto’o broke the deadlock in the 48th minute, when he collected a ball inside the penalty area before unleashing a powerful effort that found the top right corner of the net.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 star doubled his side’s advantage in the 84th minute, when his side was awarded a penalty following a harsh challenge inside the box from the hosts’ defender.
“In some areas, we still need to work extremely hard. For example, when you look at the goals we conceded, you can clearly see that none of our defenders were in a good position. The team still needs to learn to read different
situations of the game”, Rutten was quoted as saying to soccernews.nl.
The Dutch mentor then went on to insist that his troops performed better last week in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Russia-c2991, but admitted that Anzhi were better organised at the back in the return leg.
Vitesse received a 2-0 lost as well in the first-leg, with Oleg Shatov and Fedor Smolov finding the back of the net for the Russian outfit.
“We played better football last week. Today, we failed to create chances as we did in Moscow. They were no doubt well organised. All in all, we are all disappointed”, Rutten added.
The tactician, however, expressed confidence in his troops to perform better in the league after watching them play against one of the top clubs in Russia.
“The positives are pretty visible. I have now more confidence in this group”, Rutten concluded.
Vitesse will commence their 2012/13 Eredivisie campaign against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/ADO-Den-Haag-c38221 at GelreDome Stadion on August 12.
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