The Inter Milan playmaker has expressed his delight following Netherlands’ 2-0 win over Abdullah Avci’s side in the 2014 World Cup qualifier game, and has stressed that his side’s deserved to emerge victorious.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wesley-Sneijder-c36799 was extremely pleased with Netherlands’ 2-0 victory over Turkey in their opening game of the 2014 World Cup qualifier at Amsterdam Arena on Friday, September 7.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan playmaker, who started his professional career at Ajax Amsterdam in the 2002/03 season, admitted that the Oranje could have scored more goals, while revealing that they only exploited the Crescent-Stars’ mistakes.
“We have only won the game due to our mental strength. We exploited the errors Turkey made, though, we should have scored more goals”, Sneijder was quoted as saying to Nusport.
The Dutch midfielder, who moved to San Siro in the summer of 2009 after representing Real Madrid in 52 league matches, went on to admit that his side made several mistakes in the opening 45 minutes of the game, and were lucky that Turkey failed to capitalise.
“Individual flaws can happen sometimes. This was also the first game of the qualification, in front of a packed stadium. The first half belonged to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Turkey-c3026. Luckily for us, they did not capitalise on our mistakes. After the break, we played impressively,
and deservingly claimed the win”, Sneijder concluded.
The Oranje took time to settle, while the Crescent-Stars pressed the home side’s defence right from the kick-off. However, the Flying Dutchmen broke the deadlock in the 19th minute through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robin-van-Persie-c31380. The Manchester United newly acquired
striker headed home a Sneijder corner to give his side an early lead.
After conceding the goal, the Turks put in their 100 percent to score the equaliser. However, Arda Turan and Sercan Sararer failed to find the back of the net. At the stroke of half-time, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Umut-Bulut-c35725 was unlucky to see his headed effort hit the crossbar.
After the half-time break, the Oranje staged a better show, and created plenty of goalscoring opportunities. However, they failed to put the match to bed until http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luciano-c22574 Narsingh’s injury time goal.
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