Venlose Trots head coach admitted that his side staged a far from pleasing show in the second-half that cost them three points at the end of 90 minutes.
On Eredivisie match-day 25, Roda JC Kerkrade claimed an impressive 3-1 win over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VVV-Venlo-c40915 at Parkstad Limburg Stadion on Friday, March 9.
Venlose Trots boss, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ton-c35408 Lokhoff, expressed disappointment following the loss and admitted that his side gave a below par performance in the second-half.
The 52-year-old tactician has revealed that his side performed better in the opening 45 minutes, and had better goalscoring opportunities.
“In the opening half, we performed better and had good opportunities. However, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roda-JC-c40375 staged a brilliant show after the break and deservingly secured three points at the end of the match”, Lokhoff was quoted as saying to Voetbal International.
VVV started the match brightly and came close to breaking the deadlock twice early on in the match. However, Uche Nwofor failed to hit the target on both occasions. The visiting side deservingly took the lead in the 39th minute through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maya-Yoshida-c25060.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danny-c10193 Holla’s free-kick rattled the crossbar, but the 23-year-old defender was quick to turn in the rebound to give his side the lead.
Roda JC resumed proceedings at home impressively after the half-time break. Six minutes into the second-half, they scored the equaliser through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sanharib-Malki-c32495. Ismo Vorstermans failed to clear a ball properly, and Malki powered his effort into the back of
the net from the edge of the box.
Davy de Beule’s strike sent the home side into lead at the hour mark. Yoshida received his marching orders following his hit on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mitchell-Donald-c26101 in the 73rd minute, and Malki sealed the game 3-1 four minutes from time when he slotted home from
the spot.
Lokhoff admitted that his side never had a chance of levelling the score-line with a man less on the pitch.
“We had nothing to worry about when we were trailing 2-1. However, with a man less, we never had a chance. I asked the referee, Kuipers, about the decision, and he said that Yoshida made a striking motion”, the Dutch trainer concluded.
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