After winning Johan Cruyff Shield with a 4-2 win, the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santos-c32532 defender insisted that his side prepared extremely hard for the match against Frank de Boer’s men on August 5.
PSV Eindhoven claimed an impressive 4-2 win over Ajax Amsterdam to win their first piece of silverware, Johan Cruyff Shield, at Amsterdam Arena on Sunday, August 5.
The Boeren central defender, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marcelo-c23554 was extremely delighted following his side’s convincing win over the reigning Eredivisie champions, and revealed that his side prepared extremely hard for Johan Cruyff Shield clash.
“We had a great pre-season and came very well prepared for this game. Today's result shows that we are on track and that if we continue like we have a great season ahead of us”, Marcelo said while talking to the media.
The Eindhoven giants started the match aggressively at Amsterdam Arena, and broke the deadlock in the third minute through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dries-Mertens-c11679 corner to give his side an early lead.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kenneth-Vermeer-c20618, to make the score-line
2-0.
After conceding two goals early in the opening half, the Amsterdam giants played better, and managed to reduce the deficit moments before the half-time break through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Toby-Alderweireld-c35183.
In the second-half, the Eindhoven giants asserted their authority right from the start, and re-established their two-goal advantage through Toivonen in the 53rd minute.
However, the Amsterdammers managed to reduce the deficit once again when Marcelo scored an unfortunate own goal in the 74th minute.
Nonetheless, it did little to change the outcome of the match, as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Georginio-Wijnaldum-c14629 netted another in the final moments of the game to seal the match 4-2.
Marcelo admitted that Ajax put immense pressure in the second-half, but his side did well to win the title at the end.
“After taking the lead, we were able to manage well the result that we created at the beginning of the game and we came out of Amsterdam with the title”, the central defender concluded.
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