The Oranje were on the receiving end of a crushing 4-2 loss against Belgium, and the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 boss insists that his troops staged a far from pleasing show against Marc Wilmots’ men.
Louis van Gaal, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Belgium-c2850. The two sides met at Stade Roi Baudouin in a friendly encounter on Wednesday, August 15.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Klaas-Jan-Huntelaar-c21175 gave them a 2-1 lead.
In 75th minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Romelu-Lukaku-c31672 to score
another while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jan-Vertonghen-c17814 managed to add his name to the score-sheet in the 80th minute to seal the win 4-2 in favour of Belgium.
Van Gaal was extremely disappointed with his side’s poor show, and admitted that they failed to perform in the opening 45 minutes of action.
“We lost because of personal mistake. The first half wasn't good because we played sloppy when we had the ball”, the former Barcelona boss was quoted as saying to the media.
The Dutch mentor went on to point his finger towards the Manchester City midfielder, and insisted that he made a big mistake that eventually cost his side the game.
“At half time, I said to my players that Nigel de Jong should stay away when we had the ball. We started the second half very well, but due to personal mistakes we threw away the match. Especially the second goal, it was a big mistake by De Jong”, Van Gaal
added.
Nonetheless, the Dutchman hopes that his troops will learn from their mistakes, and even take out positives from this game.
“We can learn from this match. We had a very young squad and Belgium is a good team. They are more experienced than us”, Van Gaal concluded.
Netherlands will commence their 2014 World Cup qualification campaign against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Turkey-c3026 on September 7.
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