Davy Klaassen after hastily leaves for Denmark: 'I was lying on the couch playing PlayStation'

sport">Less than an hour later, Klaassen and second goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg arrived in Denmark, where a van was waiting for the duo. There was no longer any time to go to the players hotel. “I received the match report via my phone”, the midfielder laughs. “In the end I was still five minutes earlier than my teammates at the stadium.”

sport">Shortly after the victory over Midtjylland, Klaassen still did not know why he was allowed to come to Denmark after a positive corona test on Monday. Was the positive test false or was a second test negative? “I’ll ask the doctor,” answers the Hilversum-born footballer. “Maybe he can explain it all to me calmly.”

sport">Despite far from ideal preparation, Klaassen was ready to start against Midtjylland. But his trainer Ten Hag decided otherwise. “Also because I did not know whether Davy would come on time and I had already promised Jurgen Ekkelenkamp to start”, the coach clarifies after his team’s first victory in the group stage of the Champions League. “Of course I understood that,” adds Klaassen.

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Klaassen came in after a hectic day in the second half.

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sport">The 16-time international of the Dutch national team was not the only Ajax player on Monday to test positive for corona. Dusan Tadic, Ryan Gravenberch and André Onana were also not allowed to fly to Denmark with their teammates on Monday afternoon. A few hours later they were suddenly welcome again. Only about five hours before the game did they get the green light to take action on Tuesday afternoon. Just like Klaassen, who still had to catch a plane.

sport">With the win in his pocket, Klaassen, who came in after the break, can laugh at two insane days gone by. “What else can I do?” He wonders. “I think it would have been very different if we had not won here. Yes, I would have felt disadvantaged. Now we are fully participating in the group again. In possession we have to play better football. But I never had the feeling that things would go wrong in the second half. ”

sport">watch here the results, standings and the program in the Champions League

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