The former Bayern Munich boss has expressed his delight at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753’ 2-0 win over Abdullah Avci’s men in the 2014 World Cup qualifier, and has admitted that this is an extremely important win for his side.
Louis van Gaal was pleased with Netherlands hard fought 2-0 win over Turkey at Amsterdam Arena on Friday, September 7. The former Bayern Munich boss admitted that his troops staged a good show, and claimed a deserving victory.
The Oranje struggled early in the game, but managed to assert their authority on the pitch as the match progressed. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wesley-Sneijder-c36799 corner to give
the flying Dutchmen one-goal lead.
Although, the Crescent-Stars tried their level best in the remaining action of the game, they failed to score the equaliser. Several chances were spurned at both ends, before http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luciano-c22574 Narsingh put the match to bed a minute before the full time whistle with
an impressive goal.
Van Gaal admitted that his side encountered few scary moments after taking the lead early in the game, but managed to hand the Turks a defeat at the end.
“It was squeaky bum time until we netted that second goal. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Turkey-c3026 are a great team with some very good players, yet we beat them. This is a very important victory”, Van Gaal was quoted as saying to SBS6.
The Dutch mentor went on to insist that his side should have decided the match in favour earlier, but they lacked incisiveness in front of goal.
“We created a lot more chances than Turkey and should have decided the match at an earlier stage. That is something we will have to improve on”, Van Gaal added.
The former Ajax Amsterdam boss opted to leave several experienced players with the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ibrahim-Afellay-c16547, but the Dutch trainer has stressed that he made the right choice to field a relatively inexperienced side.
“I do not think that I did anything crazy, but I did expect more from our defence. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bruno-c8098 Martins Indi and Jetro Willems bounced back after the interval, though. That was rather impressive”, Van Gaal concluded.
Netherlands will take on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hungary-c2920 in their upcoming 2014 World Cup qualifier on September 11.
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