The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 player insists that his side can progress through to the next phase of UEFA Champions League despite suffering a 2-1 defeat in the first-leg of the third qualifying round.
Feyenoord Rotterdam head coach, Ronald Koeman, has expressed confidence that his side can emerge victorious against Dynamo Kyiv. The two sides will meet in the return leg of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round match at De Kuip Stadion on Tuesday,
August 7. The first-leg ended in a 2-1 defeat for the Rotterdammers at Olympic Stadium on July 31.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 Eindhoven boss admitted that his side played impressively in the opening hour or so in the first-leg, while insisting that his side’s chances of progressing through to the next phase of the competition are very high.
“We did excellently for over an hour. The difference after the equaliser was that Dynamo could bring on an international like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Artem-Milevskiy-c6690, while we mainly had young players. But it is possible to overturn this result at home and, fitness wise, we will
be one week further on. Our prospects of qualifying are still very high”, Koeman was quoted as saying on the UEFA’s official website.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lex-Immers-c22181 has also expressed confidence that his side can certainly claim a win in front of their home crowd.
“We have seen what the weak points of Dynamo Kyiv are and we hope to do something with them at home. I certainly see possibilities for us at a sold-out De Kuip”, the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/ADO-Den-Haag-c38221 player stated at UEFA’s official website.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Feyenoord-c39258 started the first-leg brightly despite playing away from home. Although, the Rotterdam giants managed to put immense pressure on the home side’s defence, they failed to break the deadlock in the opening 45 minutes.
Four minutes after the half-time break, Ruben Schaken’s strike gave the Rotterdammers a deserving lead. However, the hosts restored parity only seven minutes later in a very fortunate manner.
Erwin Mulder’s clearance struck Lex Immers on the back, and rebounded back into his own goal to make the score-line 1-1 while Ideye Brown sealed the win for the home side in the 69th minute with a neat header.
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