After recoding a 4-4 stalemate in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 boss is confident that his side can claim a win against the Bulgarian outfit to make progression.
Vitesse Arnhem boss, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fred-c14136 Rutten, has expressed confidence that his side can claim a win against Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the return leg of the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
The two sides will lock horns against each other at GelreDome Stadion on Thursday, July 26.
The Arnhem outfit had an impressive outing in the first-leg away from home, though, the match ended in a 4-4 stalemate.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marco-van-Ginkel-c23758 made the score-line 2-1 in the 31st minute, but the hosts
levelled the scoring yet again after the half-time break through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zdravko-Lazarov-c37866.
Wilfried Bony’s strike was cancelled out by Lazarov in the 64th minute before Van Ginkel scored his second of the evening in the 77th minute. However, Tassio’s strike in the injury time ended the game in a
bitter disappointment for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vitesse-c40905, as the score-line read 4-4 with both sides sharing the spoils.
Rutten has insisted that the return leg will be a totally different game while expressing confidence that his side will make progression to the next qualifying round of the competition.
“Things will not be as crazy in Arnhem as over there. In the away match you could see [Lokomotiv] had the advantage of having played more matches. We want to reach the next stage. So we have to, and want to, finish it in front
of our fans”, the Dutch mentor was quoted as saying to Uefa.com.
Lokomotiv Plavdiv head coach, Emil Velev, also admitted that the first-leg was one of the craziest games while admitted that his side could have won that game at home.
“The first leg was a crazy game and we could even have won in the last seconds, when Yordan Todorov missed a wonderful chance. We were prepared for Vitesse. We knew them very well. We should have opened the scoring. Then we trailed
four times and four times we came back. An incredible game”, Velev said while talking to journalists.
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