The boss at the Liberty Stadium, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Colorado-Rapids-c38849 on Tuesday night, insisting that there were a lot of positives to be picked up from the game.
The Welsh outfit conceded an early goal, after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andre-Akpan-c5614 slotted home a header in the 4th minute. Close to the quarter-hour mark, the Rapids doubled their advantage via a stunning Kamani Hill strike from 25-yards out.
Even though the Swans newly signed forward http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jonathan-c18993 De Guzman halved the deficit in the second half from a free-kick, the Premier League side succumbed to a 2-1 defeat in their first pre-season friendly game on their North American tour.
During the halftime break, the Dane made 10 substitutions in order to gauge the potential of his squad.
Nevertheless, despite suffering his first defeat as Swansea manager, the 48-year old viewed the match as a good learning experience for him, and revealed that the outing was all about testing his squad’s potential.
While talking to reporters, he said: “It was a very important game for me to see. I got to see every player expect from Gwion Edwards and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michel-c25453 Vorm… I wanted to come here open-minded. I’ve seen a lot of other players from last season, while there are others
who I haven’t seen that much from. So I wanted to see for my own eyes.”
Laudrup also admitted that his side got off to a slow start to the game which cost them two early goals. However, he felt that as soon as they started to get into their stride, they began to dominate the proceedings and were by far the better team in the
second period.
The Swans are scheduled to play three more games against Aberystwyth Town, Ventura County Fusion and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wales-c3041.
When asked how he will approach his team’s next game against Aberystwyth on Wednesday, the manager revealed that he will adopt the same policy of fielding different teams in either halves, in order to make a better assessment of each and every player.
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