Glenn Bijl puts on the fine cloth for the defeat of FC Emmen at Sparta Rotterdam (2-1). Partly due to an error by the right back, the Drenten suffered their eighth defeat of the season at the Castle on Friday.
Bijl was surprised in the 22nd minute by a bouncing ball, allowing Deroy Duarte to provide the opening goal on behalf of Sparta. FC Emmen came back to 1-1 via Miguel Araujo in the second half, but Abdou Harroui gave Sparta the victory with a nice long shot of at least 25 meters.
“I misjudged the ball in the opening goal and in the end you lose with one goal difference. That is very disappointing for me and the team,” said Bijl at FOX Sports. “If you are a supporting player and you are not often involved in goals against, that should not happen to you.”
“I assumed the ball was bouncing up, but it slid through,” the right back recalled. “That puts me at a disadvantage. The field was very slippery, we talked about that in the warm-up. But it remains a big mistake.”
After eleven matches FC Emmen is still waiting for the first league victory of the season. Whether Bijl can still give the Emmen supporters hope? “Pooh”, he said after a long pause. “We are in the corner where the blows fall. Hopefully we can turn that around in the next three games.”
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Trainer Dick Lukkien is still waiting with FC Emmen for the first victory of this Eredivisie season. (Photo: Pro Shots)
Lukkien remains competitive despite a bad start
Coach Dick Lukkien was also disappointed by the defeat at Het Kasteel. “We had imagined it more, but it was not supposed to be,” he added FOX Sports. “It was an equal game, but we do lose 2-1.”
“Both teams kept each other in balance”, the Groninger continued. “I expect a lot more depth and discipline in the position of my team, we have not been able to bring that and it is a repetitive story. We do not really have the type of players for that, but that is what you have to do to have a tight defense. break open. “
Despite FC Emmen’s lousy start to the competition, Lukkien remains competitive. “This is the phase we are in, we have already mentioned that once. You should not be very complicated about that either. Then you can feel sorry for yourself, but in any case, I am not put together. We have to stay hard. work and try to get away from the bottom. We’ll see at the end what that will yield. “
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