Although Telstar had announced that it would play more offensively, it produced zero shots in the first half against FC Den Bosch. Things went better after the break, but the ball didn’t want to go in tonight either. “That is often our problem,” says a disappointed Danzell Gravenberch.
Uli Landvreugd did the honors at Telstar, because trainer Mike Snoei was at home with a throat infection. Snoei had announced that it would take a different tack. Yet Landvreugd saw his team not accomplish much before halftime. “The approach is to try to play football backwards,” says an analyzing Landvreugd.
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After the break a real Telstar storm started. Be direct The White Lions dangerous and that was the phase in which the team had to strike. “I thought we got along well in the combinations,” says Gravenberch, who saw his team play more offensively against Den Bosch.