Frank Rijkaard
Frank Rijkaard
Franklin Edmundo Rijkaard; born 30 September 1962) is a Dutch football manager and former player. Rijkaard has played for Ajax, Real Zaragoza and Milan, and represented his national side 73 times, scoring 10 goals. In his coaching career, he has been at the helm of the Netherlands national team, Sparta Rotterdam, Barcelona, Galatasaray and the Saudi Arabia national team. Regarded as one of the best defensive midfielders in footballing history, and as one of the best players of his generation,...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth30 September 1962
CityAmsterdam, Netherlands
We did everything we could to win on a tricky pitch. We created a lot of opportunities, we showed our talent, but between Bonano and the posts, we just couldn't find a goal.
We did our job very well and this win opens the door to the championship,
We did our job and took the points and we're happy with that. This is just as important a win as any other even if the game wasn't particularly attractive. We ensured they had few chances and scored three times ourselves. They were happy to sit back and let us come at them and that meant the game wasn't too attractive, but we had to be on our guard against their counter attacks and we did that well.
We did the job we had to do and I'm very happy to be in the final.
We did the job we had to do.
We didn't play well. I asked the players to up their performance levels at the break. We gave the ball away too easily and when you push up you give the opposition too many chances on the counter if you lose the ball.
We played well, the result was good and the players are on form, so you'd say it was a perfect match for us,
Today wasn't our day. We were below par. We have to react and rediscover the form we've shown up to now.
We are not looking at dealing with the height to stop them from developing their play but rather the formula.
We are not going to change our style and will start the game as we do every game, looking for an early goal. We just have to continue creating chances and the goals will come.
The defeat will wake us up and should act as a useful lesson that we can't relax.
Although we are not happy with the draw, it is quite a good result for us. We remain on the right course and if we keep working hard we will improve. At this stage of the season the best is still to come.
They are both good with their heads and this is not worrying me,
Arsenal deserve to be in the final and will be a very dangerous opponent.