http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Groningen-c39119 boss admits that d**k Advocaat’s side played superbly, and insists that there is no disgrace in losing to the Eindhoven giants, who are in impressive form.
FC Groningen were on the receiving end of a 3-1 defeat at the hands of PSV Eindhoven at Euroborg Stadion on Sunday, August 26. The Green-White-Army head coach, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robert-c31222 Maaskant, has expressed disappointment over the loss, but has admitted that the Eindhoven
giants were the better team on the pitch throughout the 90 minutes.
“We played a compact defence and hoped to take advantage of PSV´s defensive slips and surprise and catch them on the counter. But actually the reverse happened and it was PSV who caught us on the counter attack with their second goal”, the Dutch trainer
said while talking to journalist in the post-match press conference.
The 43-year-old former Wisla Krakow boss went on to reveal that his side tried their level best to put pressure on the PSV defence, but failed to make a comeback.
“We attempted to put pressure on their defence and even when we were trailing 0-2, we hoped we could stage a comeback. But at the end of the day, we must admit there’s no shame in being beaten by a PSV side that looks to be in great shape”, Maaskant concluded.
The Boeren started the match brightly, and put immense pressure on the home side’s back-line. However, they failed to break the deadlock until the 38th minute, when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Atiba-Hutchinson-c6889 found the back of the net after receiving a through ball from
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dries-Mertens-c11679.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kevin-Strootman-c20775 pass was collected by Mertens at the edge of the box, and the Belgian ace coolly slotted home.
Memphis Depay made it 3-0 six minutes before the full time whistle. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mitchell-Schet-c26105 netted the only goal for the hosts in the 89th minute, however, it was not enough for the home side to bag any points at home.
FC Groningen will play their next league match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/ADO-Den-Haag-c38221 at Kyocera Stadion on August 31.
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