Although the Oranje claimed a comfortable victory in their third game of the 2014 World Cup qualification campaign, the former Bayern Munich boss was not satisfied with his troops’ performance on the pitch.
Louis van Gaal was not contented with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andorra-c2837 at De Kuip Stadion in their third game of the 2014 World Cup qualification campaign on Friday, October 12.
The former Ajax boss admitted that Andorrans played very defensively, but insisted that his side should have won by bigger margin.
Rafael van der Vaart broke the deadlock within seven minutes of action, while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Klaas-Jan-Huntelaar-c21175 doubled his side’s advantage eight minutes later. Ruben Schaken’s strike five minutes after the half-time break put the match to bed.
“I said before the match that it would be difficult for us to open up the game. These teams like Andorra always play very defensively, so that makes it a hard task. My prediction came true, because we won 3-0 and that's not enough. We tried to push through”,
Van Gaal was quoted as saying to SBS6.
The veteran Dutch tactician, however, was all praise for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Feyenoord-c39258 Rotterdam attacker made his debut for the Oranje memorable by netting a goal.
“I can also be satisfied because of my wingers, Schaken and Lens. They both played a good game”, Van Gaal added.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dirk-Kuyt-c11348, who started the game on the bench, came on the pitch to mark his first appearance under the tutelage of Van Gaal, and the Dutch trainer insisted that the 32-year-old will have to work hard to cement his place in the playing XI.
The Fenerbahce forward, who has tons of experience under his belt, has thus far represented the Flying Dutchmen in 91 games.
“Dirk knows that he has a lot of competition for his position up front. He gets his minutes, just like tonight. You don't have to search for something behind this”, Van Gaal concluded.
Netherlands will play against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Romania-c2990 in their upcoming 2014 World Cup qualifier at Arena Nationala on October 16.
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