The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Heracles-Almelo-c39520 coach is confident of making progression to the next round of the Europa League play-offs after securing a draw against Steve McClaren’s side at home.
In the first round of the Europa League play-offs, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/RKC-Waalwijk-c40370 recorded a hard fought 1-1 stalemate at Mandemakers Stadion in a 00:00 kick-off on Friday, May 11.
RKC manager, Ruud Brood, was satisfied with his side’s performance and expressed optimism ahead of the return leg.
“We can certainly qualify for the next round should we play a little more organised in Enschede. The opening 45 minutes of the match were not very impressive, but we started to play better football after the break. All in all,
it was a satisfactory performance”, Brood was quoted as saying to the media.
RKC commenced proceedings aggressively and came close to breaking the deadlock in the sixth minute, but Krisztian Nemeth’s strike rattled against the post.
Eight minutes later, the Tukkers took the lead through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Douglas-c11600. Nacer Chadli found the central defender with a neat pass, and the Brazilian-born Dutch stopper coolly slotted home.
The Waalwijk outfit responded impressively and restored parity in the 25th minute. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mitchell-Schet-c26105 inside the box and Ricky ten Voorde made no mistake in hitting the back of the net from the
resulting spot kick.
After a highly entertaining opening half, the second-half was a disappointment, with neither side being able to create any clear cut goal scoring opportunity of note until the full time whistle. The match ended in a 1-1 stalemate,
handing the Enschede giants a narrow advantage heading into the return leg.
FC Twente’s boss, Steve McClaren, was disappointed with the result, though, he insisted that his side has the ability to see off RKC in the return leg at home.
“We gave away a stupid penalty that changed the outcome of the match. However, I am confident that we will complete the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 manager said while talking to the Dutch media.
The two sides will meet in the second-leg at De Grolsch Veste on Sunday, May 13.
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