The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 player has expressed satisfaction with his side’s 3-1 win over SBV Excelsior on the final day of the 2011/12 Eredivisie campaign.
PSV Eindhoven head coach, Phillip Cocu, was pleased with his side’s 3-1 win over SBV Excelsior at Stadion Woudestein on Sunday, May 6.
The 41-year-old tactician has expressed his satisfaction with his troops’ impressive performance against the struggling Kralingers.
“I’m pretty much satisfied with this afternoon’s game. Our game plan was to create chances by pushing an extra man in midfield”, Cocu was quoted as saying to the club’s official website.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dries-Mertens-c11679 played one-two with Jetro Willems before unleashing a powerful shot that found the right corner of the net.
After mounting constant pressure on the home side’s defence, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jeremain-Lens-c18323 managed to find the target to double his side’s advantage in the 37th minute.
The Kralingers pulled one back five minutes after the restart through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Georginio-Wijnaldum-c14629.
Cocu admitted after the game that his side dominated throughout the 90 minutes of action and were never really threatened.
“We deservedly took an early lead. We could not keep up the momentum after the break and handed Excelsior a lifeline by conceding a soft penalty. News from the Heerenveen game gave us fresh hope and we soon restored a two-goal
lead”, the Dutch trainer added.
PSV not only needed to claim all three points in their final Eredivisie encounter to finish second on the league table, but they also needed a bit of help from Heerenveen, who were playing at home against the second placed, Feyenoord
Rotterdam.
However, it was not the case, as the Rotterdammers recorded a hard fought 3-2 win to ensure that they finish above their bitter rivals, PSV.
The former Barcelona player was all praise for the Rotterdammers impressive performances in the past couple of months and insisted that they deserved to earn UEFA Champions League qualifying round ticket.
“Unfortunately for us, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Feyenoord-c39258 claimed a victory. Yet I must add they deserved their second place finish”, Cocu concluded.
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