Roger Meyer is disappointed that NEC could not win the cup final. His plan initially worked well, but Igor Baixão's goal decided the final for Feyenoord.
Feyenoord had great difficulty with the way the NEC team played for a long time and that left Meijer satisfied. We have put together a plan that Feyenoord has struggled with, and we are now looking at how we can maintain it for longer. We are having a great season, but unfortunately we were unable to qualify for direct European football. “Next week we will play against AZ Alkmaar again and we will show ourselves again, and I am one hundred percent convinced of that,” Meger said later in the press conference.
“We gave everything, but unfortunately it didn't work out. I'm proud of the way we presented ourselves. We got here by playing football in a certain way, and now we played against the best football team in the Netherlands, I think.” At this moment, the final loss is painful.
The final was stopped twice by arbitration due to fireworks. Mayer thinks so. “It breaks the rhythm of the game. The second stop was not bad for us, because we did not start the second half well. Feyenoord were stronger in matches, so we were able to adjust that. For a neutral observer, everything was there, and that includes that. Of course it is not about It's not like a cup final or a football final, but overall the atmosphere was good and yet there were a few people doing something different.
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