The former Ajax Amsterdam boss has expressed his delight at the Oranje’s victory over the Romanians in a 2014 World Cup qualifier, while taking the time out to praise Nigel de Jong’s performance.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Romania-c2990 in a 2014 World Cup qualifier at Arena Nationala on Tuesday, October 16.
The former Bayern Munich boss stressed that his side failed to start the match impressively despite taking the lead within nine minutes of play. However, the Dutchman admitted that his troops managed to perform better as the game progressed.
“This is a great achievement. We did not start so well. But luck was on our side. Then we got better in the game and we saw it coming. The goals we scored were incredible. Take the example of Lens’ goal, he never scores from headers. Overall I am very happy with the second-half because we killed the game and gave little away”, Van Gaal was quoted as saying to SBS6.
The Tricolorii commenced proceedings brightly, but it was the Oranje who grabbed the lead in the ninth minute through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bruno-c8098 Martins Indi.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ciprian-Marica-c9258 pulled one back for the hosts in the 40th minute, but Rafael van der Vaart scored from the spot to restore his side’s two goals lead at the stroke of half-time.
The Flying Dutchmen staged a scintillating show in the second-half, but failed to put the match to bed until http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robin-van-Persie-c31380 found the back of the net in the 84th minute to seal the game 4-1.
Van Gaal also took time out to praise Nigel de Jong’s performance, and admitted that he had a good evening as compared to his outings against Belgium and Andorra.
“http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andorra-c2837”, the former Bayern Munich boss concluded.
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