The PSV Eindhoven attacker was pleased to net the opening goal for Netherlands in a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Romania, and insisted that the Oranje has taken a giant leap towards the main event in Brazil.
Jeremain Lens has expressed his satisfaction at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Romania-c2990 in their fourth game of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign at Arena Nationala on Tuesday, October 16.
The PSV Eindhoven forward netted the opening goal of the game with an impressive header from the edge of the box in the ninth minute, and the Dutchman was extremely pleased to add his name to the score-sheet.
“The ball landed perfectly on my head and I could head it home nicely. It was very nice to score the opener as Romania were putting the pressure on us”, Lens was quoted as saying to De Telegraaf.
Although, the Romanians were the better team at the start of the game, the Oranje still managed to grab the lead in the ninth minute through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jeremain-Lens-c18323.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ciprian-Marica-c9258 pulled one back in the 40th minute, but Rafael van der Vaart scored from the spot at the stroke of half-time break to restore his side’s
two goals advantage.
The Flying Dutchmen staged a far better show in the second-half, and enjoyed lion’s share of ball possession. However, they failed to kill off the game until the 84th minute, when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luciano-c22574
Narsingh.
Lens was unable to hide his happiness following the win, and insisted that the victory has helped the Oranje to edge closer towards booking their ticket for 2014 World Cup in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858.
“The most important thing is that we won the match 4-1. We are not there just yet. However, we have taken a big step toward qualification for the World Cup”, the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 attacker concluded.
Netherlands are now sitting at the summit of the Group D, winning all of their four games thus far. They will resume the 2014 World Cup qualification campaign action in March 2013.
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