Martin Jol disappointed with Fulham's loss to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233 in the Europa League
Fulham manager Martin Jol has gone on to express his disappointment, following his sides loss to FC Twente in the Europa League.
Despite playing some decent football and defending their lines rather well, Fulham went on to concede a very late goal and as a result, went on to lose by one goal to nil in the game.
Despite being impressive throughout the game, Fulham went on to have a momentary lapse in front of goal in the dying stages of the game and this allowed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marc-Janko-c23484 to go on and score the only goal of the game, which helped secure all three points for the
Dutch side.
When talking about the game, Jol is quoted to have said: “That’s always disappointing because in the second-half we did well defensively from their crosses.
“Normally we’re very good at defending crosses so that was harsh.”
The manager then went on to explain the changes that he made in the game, which he had hoped would try and help his team pick up the win.
"We put on [Pajtim] Kasami for [Moussa] Dembele, who had asked for a substitution, then you hope to keep the ball in their half – but we couldn’t do that and they broke and scored.
Fulham’s star striker, Andy Johnson was shown a second yellow shortly after the goal and this reduced the Premier League side down to ten men. As a result, his side were not only trailing in the game, but were doing so, with one man down and this just made
it all the more difficult for them to get back on the score sheet.
Jol was not happy with the way Johnson picked up his second yellow, as he went on to kick the ball away after being frustrated with a referee’s decision.
Jol, when talking about Johnson, went on to add: “That was not what you want.
“We need all of our players and Andy Johnson is scoring goals.”
The way it stands at the moment, Fulham need to go on and beat their upcoming Danish opponents, Odense in the last game of the Europa League group stage, in order to qualify for the next round of the tournament.
Should the team fail to do so, they would crash out of the tournament and could potentially end their season without any major awards, once again.
However, given the form the team has been showing in recent weeks, Jol is more than likely to help his side pick up all three points from their last game and ensure their progress to the next round of the tournament.
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