We should have won against Ajax, says Feyenoord Rotterdam’s Ronald Koeman – Dutch Eredivisie news
Feyenoord Rotterdam head coach Ronald Koeman has praised his troops’ efforts on the pitch in the 1-1 draw against their archrivals Ajax Amsterdam. The tactician also stressed that his side should have secured all three points.
Koeman also expressed his happiness on the progress his side has shown thus far and revealed that his troops are exceeding his expectations.
“I hope we can keep this up. We are doing far better than I expected. After the game against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AZ-c38571 [2-1 loss], we were disappointed that we did not at least get a point, but today we felt that we could and should have won. We have shown in games that we can
play with guts. If we continue to develop in this way, we can maintain our position in the standings and push on”, the manager said while talking to the media.
The Rotterdam giants started proceedings at Amsterdam Arena surprisingly well. However, they failed to take the lead in the opening half as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cabral-c8232, Guyon Fernandez and Jordy Clasie all missed their chances to break the deadlock.
However, the visitors took the lead deservingly moments after the hour mark through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Guyon-Fernandez-c15479 30 yards out from his line and received his marching
orders.
The Amsterdammers staged a better show after being left with 10 men on the pitch. In the 67th minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jan-Vertonghen-c17814 headed home from Theo Janssen’s corner to level the score-line 1-1.
Koeman admitted that his side did not stage a good show in the last half-hour of the game.
“In the last stage we did not play well. We were sloppy, played the long ball too much and lost duels that in the first hour we often won”, the Stadiumclub boss concluded.
At the end of the tenth round, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Feyenoord-c39258 remain unmoved at fourth spot in the league table, seven points behind the league leaders AZ Alkmaar, following their draw against Ajax.
The outfit from Rotterdam will lock horns against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Groningen-c39119 in their upcoming league encounter at Euroborg Stadion on October 30.
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