Brian Brobbey and Jan Paul van Hecke were involved in several mutual duels during Ajax – Brighton & Hove Albion (0-2). The striker and the defender know each other from the Dutch Juniors and both stood in front of the camera after the Europa League match. ESPN.
According to interviewer Cristian Willaert, Van Hecke is good at playing the referee and often talks to the referee. Willaert therefore states that Van Hecke had referee Nikola Dabanovic ‘in his pocket’. “Not completely in my pocket, because I received a yellow card,” responds the Dutch stopper from Brighton.
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During the interview with Van Hecke, Brobbey can be heard in the background. “Is he complaining again?” he shouts as a joke. In any case, Van Hecke had his hands full with Brobbey. “You know what he does well: he keeps the opponent, today that was me, very close to him, and then he tries to turn. I try to stop that, but sometimes he falls backwards and you fall too. Then it looks like I’m committing a foul and I get a yellow card.”
Brobbey then appears in front of the camera and discusses the duels with his compatriot. “They were fine. He pulled me down a lot, but that was fine.” The Ajax player also noticed that Van Hecke regularly talked to the referee. “He spoke to them here at halftime. But I don’t know what he said.”
Van Hecke also tried to get Brobbey out of his game. “He’s a smart boy, he’s good at that. I experienced him at the Dutch Juniors. It’s nice when he does that for us.”
💪 Jan Paul van Hecke enjoyed the duels with Brian Brobbey.
🗣️ Brobbey: “Is he complaining again?” 🤪
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2023-11-09 20:44:00
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