FC Emmen trainer Dick Lukkien called the defeat against Helmond Sport a slap on the chin, but afterwards he stated that a wrong decision by the referee is to blame for the defeat against the last player in the Kitchen Champion Division.
“But now people will think that I am frustrated because of the referee. That is not the case. I do think it is a one hundred percent violation,” said the trainer. “There is simply a violation of Lucas Bernadou. I do not understand that the ref misses that. A ref is paid to make good choices. That did not happen here.”
“I’ve said it before, after a tap on the chin you have to get up again. I’m going to look back at the images tonight, but it is clear that the quality in the performance must be better,” continued the coach.
The ‘trusted’ system
Lukkien started against Helmond with Rui Mendes instead of Peter van Ooijen and with one striker, Reda Kharchouch. So in a 4-2-3-1 formation. The same formation as last Friday against Jong Ajax. In that, the Drents had a very difficult time in the first half. It even fell behind on the stroke of half-time. By playing the second half with two strikers, FC Emmen still managed to pull the longest straw.
When asked whether Lukkien had doubts about continuing that line from last Friday in the game against Helmond Sport, he answered clearly: “No, because there was too little time between Friday’s game and today’s to train sufficiently. with Kharchouch and Güclü.” It was clear that things went better in the second half against Helmond Sport, so there is a good chance that he will continue to build on that in the coming period.
‘Unjust sport’
The trainer thought that the first half may not have been good from the Drenthe side, but that his team should cherish the scoreless score in such a phase: “They have to constantly chase the ball, they can’t keep up with that. You help them.” enormously in the saddle by gifting them that first goal.”
FC Emmen seemed to have corrected Veldmate’s mistake via Miguel Araujo’s header, but in the 95th minute FC Emmen gave the Brabant team another gift: 1-2. “Based on all the statistics, it is impossible to imagine that we will lose six points to Helmond Sport. That sometimes makes it an unjust sport,” said Lukkien disappointed.