http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jeremain-Lens-c18323’ opener was cancelled out by Marco Verratti’s strike in the injury time to end the international friendly game as a stalemate, and the Oranje boss was not pleased to see his side failing to win after dominating throughout the game.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 in an international friendly game at Amsterdam Arena on Wednesday, February 6.
The Oranje commended the game brightly. After putting consistent pressure on the Azzuri’s defence that also saw http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gianluigi-Buffon-c14833 save Adam Maher’s strike twice, the home side managed to grab a deserving lead in the 33rd minute through Jeremain
Lens.
In spite of taking the lead, the Flying Dutchmen continued to impress with their exceptional playmaking and aggressive intent on the pitch. However, they failed to hit the target again with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kevin-Strootman-c20775 and Lens watching their efforts
being blocked by the Juventus goalkeeper while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arjen-Robben-c6521 yet again failed to prove his worth.
The hosts’ failure to put the match to bed gave the Azzuri plenty of confidence, and they managed to net the equaliser through Marco Verratti in the injury time after a series of impressive attacks.
Van Gaal did not criticise his troops following the stalemate, but admitted that they lacked incisiveness upfront to put the match to bed.
“We created many chances. We had to win this game with an early second goal but, as a team, we played well, in the style of the Dutch school of football”, the former Bayern Munich and Ajax Amsterdam boss said while talking to the media.
The veteran Dutch trainer went on to praise the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 Eindhoven attacker, who opened up the scoring at Amsterdam Arena.
“We could see tonight that Lens is an interesting option in the striker role. In the future he will play in that position because he is a very good player. I was able to give him a chance because of the injury to Klaas-Jan Huntelaar”, Van Gaal concluded.
Netherlands will lock horns against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Estonia-c2894 on March 21 in a 2014 World Cup qualification game.
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