‘Koeman’s personality and choices are already leaving its mark on Barcelona’

‘Koeman’s personality and choices are already leaving its mark on Barcelona’

The pressure on Ronald Koeman is increasing, but FC Barcelonachairman Josep Maria Bartomeu still fully supports the trainer he has appointed. Koeman has been brought in by Bartomeu to build a new Barcelona. He sees that he is doing well for the time being. “His personality and decisions are already leaving his mark,” Bartomeu said … Read more

Zlatan from hero to schlemiel at AC Milan, Tottenham takes victory in the final phase

Zlatan from hero to schlemiel at AC Milan, Tottenham takes victory in the final phase

Zlatan Ibrahimovic thought the hero AC Milan to become, but AS Roma ruined the Swedish striker’s party. A goal-rich game ended in 3-3. AC Milan – AS Roma 3-3Milan, which won all matches this season, took the lead against Roma within two minutes. Rafael Leao put the ball perfectly behind the Roman defense and Zlatan … Read more

Ten Hag tipped off in the run-up to Ajax game: “I would use the Martínez variant”

Ten Hag tipped off in the run-up to Ajax game: “I would use the Martínez variant”

Must Ajax Start Tuesday against Atalanta Bergamo in the Champions League with Lassina Traoré in the striker? The opinions at Studio Voetbal differ about this. Traoré is bursting with confidence after his five goals against VVV-Venlo. “He will probably do something with Tadic again and maybe Traoré will go out, but why not leave that … Read more

‘I talked to Klaassen about it, we were looking for a monster score’

‘I talked to Klaassen about it, we were looking for a monster score’

Daley Blind understands that the 0-13 defeat hurts VVV Venlo, but there could Ajax not take into account. The defender states that the Amsterdammers were explicitly looking for a monster score. “Of course it is not fun if you imagine the opponent. But you sometimes talk about the fact that we sometimes let things go … Read more

Bamford (Leeds) shines and gets Villa to the knees with a beautiful hat-trick

Bamford (Leeds) shines and gets Villa to the knees with a beautiful hat-trick

Leeds United just keeps going in the Premier League. The men of trainer Marcelo Bielsa defeated the still unbeaten Aston Villa 0-3 and can thank striker Patrick Bamford: he made a hat-trick. They were all great goals. The 0-1 was the easiest. The 0-2 followed from a nice long shot and the 3-0 was a … Read more

Telstar star does ‘Van Basten imitation’: ‘Made my mother happy tonight’

Telstar star does ‘Van Basten imitation’: ‘Made my mother happy tonight’

Sebastian Soto had it on his hips Friday night during the game in between SC Telstar in Helmond Sport. The twenty-year-old attacker scored both goals for Telstar in the 2-0 victory. Shortly after the break, Soto put his team on a 1-0 lead with a goal that secretly reminded a bit of Marco van Basten’s … Read more

NAC trainer Steijn furious at KNVB: ‘We are now even more caught’

NAC trainer Steijn furious at KNVB: ‘We are now even more caught’

NAC Breda lost 2-0 on Friday evening when visiting Almere City. Trainer Maurice Steijn is not satisfied with the game of his team afterwards, but also shares a big sneer at the KNVB. The current schedule cannot be sustained, says the trainer. “That’s a bit of the predictive thought I had, isn’t it, that it … Read more

Monster scores from FC Volendam and Jong Ajax, NEC wins top match against Go Ahead

Monster scores from FC Volendam and Jong Ajax, NEC wins top match against Go Ahead

FC Volendam and Young Ajax have set monster scores against FC Dordrecht and MVV on Friday evening. Volendam won 7-1 and Young Ajax met 1-5. MVV – Young Ajax 1-5Young Ajax has a taste for it after a dramatic start to the season. Low flyer MVV played a nice half against the team from Amsterdam … Read more

PSV coach Schmidt lets up test balloon: “I have had the virus myself”

PSV coach Schmidt lets up test balloon: “I have had the virus myself”

PSV coach Roger Schmidt believes that a temporary international stop should be seriously considered. Not only PSV, but also other clubs have gotten players back infected. Bee PSV Jordan Teze and Eran Zahavi were tested positive for the corona virus shortly after the international match period. After that, Cody Gakpo, Pablo Rosario, Maxime Delanghe and … Read more

Hard lesson for Ziyech: ‘Bizarre what happened there, difficult to accept’

Hard lesson for Ziyech: ‘Bizarre what happened there, difficult to accept’

Ajax’s dramatic Champions League elimination against Tottenham Hotspur eighteen months ago remains an open wound for Hakim Ziyech. He says he has learned from it. “A childhood dream collapsed,” says Ziyech in an interview with The Guardian back when Lucas Moura made the 3-2 in the 95th minute, which meant that not Ajax, but Spurs … Read more