Ajax was hit hard on Sunday afternoon when it visited FC Twente. The team of coach Maurice Steijn was trumped in all areas by the Tukkers.
“A characteristic of Steijn is that he does a good job tactically and always sets up the organization very well for all his teams,” says Ajax watcher Freek Jansen of Voetbal International. The Third Half. “But Dutch or experienced players play an important role in this. During the training camp in Germany, he already indicated in mid-July that the agreement was that former Ajax players or Dutch, experienced players would come. But that did not happen.”
“On the other hand, a truckload of foreigners are now trickling in,” Jansen continues. “Just make something of it. It is very unfortunate for Steijn. I think that if he had the selection of PSV, Feyenoord, FC Twente or AZ, Steijn would be able to express a lot more in what he wants from his team.”
Jansen saw major problems at FC Twente – Ajax. “Mikautadze had to come in. Branco van den Boomen was warming up and had to come in quickly. He thought he could come in, but he had to interpret for Mikautadze. Sutalo had to lead, but does not yet speak good English. These are small things… But then there is a Norwegian who is playing for the first time. You hope that it will click somewhere, but it doesn’t click at all.”
However, the Ajax watcher also compliments FC Twente, which lost Vaclav Cerny, Virgil Misidjan and Ramiz Zerrouki. “And then you also miss the two backs, Joshua Brenet and Gijs Smal. They throw in Youri Regeer. It’s really good what they do. But you also play against a team that has all kinds of left backs, but no right wingers. it was wonderful to play football for FC Twente,” said Jansen.
2023-09-20 15:45:00
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