23 augustus 2020 – The competition for De Graafschap starts next week and it seems to be in good shape. Last week sc Heerenveen was defeated 5-1 and Heracles Almelo was also treated to a defeat on Saturday. Mike Snoei is happy with it.
Snoei sent the same eleven into the field as last week against Heerenveen on Saturday and saw his team win 1-0. “I have sixteen, seventeen players who can play in the basic team,” Snoei said De Gelderlander. “I have to make choices. That is also necessary, in order to be able to participate in promotion throughout the season. The competition is still very close in a few places. In the center of the back and in midfield. A nice fight.”
Pruning starts through the practice wins with a good feeling for the competition. “We are on the right track”, says the trainer. “I am sure that Heracles will find this defeat very annoying. Like Heerenveen last week. For us this is nice. Of course, they were practice duels. But if we had been beaten twice, we would have entered the competition with an unpleasant feeling. Now we refuel with confidence. “
“I found the first 20 minutes against Heracles very convincing”, Snoei continued. “After that, the level dropped a bit. If we had been a bit sharper, we could have taken a bigger lead. For me as a coach, the first half was very attractive to watch. I saw patterns that we trained on, that is. That’s nice. But we won’t let ourselves be distracted and are going to dot the i’s next week. The challenge will be to be able to show the level of the first half even after the break. “
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