Marciano Vink compares the defeat of the Dutch national team against France with the game of Ajax this season. The ESPN analyst misses the sacred fire in both Orange and the team from Amsterdam, which Feyenoord, like Les Bleus, does have.
Vink calls Orange naive at Good Morning Orange, among other things. “If you look at how France put it down defensively, that’s just 4-5-1. They had so much power and strength behind the ball. That didn’t even have to be done against this weak Netherlands, but still right every time in the discipline and in the organization. In the Netherlands you see them jogging again. Then we are talking about Memphis Depay, Georginio Wijnaldum and Steven Berghuis. They are not players with fire. “
Vink then makes the comparison with the Eredivisie leader. “That’s why Feyenoord is currently so far above the rest in the Netherlands. They have passion and fire up to and including the 96th minute. If you look at Oussama Idrissi and Alireza Jahanbakhsh, how many meters they make. Compare that with Ajax or the Dutch national team. You can no longer make meters in today’s football and the will to fight for every ball. I missed that in the Netherlands. It is apathetic and naive. You miss the fire that you see in other countries. “
The importance of Frenkie de Jong cannot be emphasized enough in this, says Vink. “Am I worried about the future? We in the Netherlands should stop with: Frenkie de Jong only plays football. At Barcelona he also only plays football. Did you see him during the World Cup? Frenkie is invaluable to the Dutch national team and Dutch football. The most important player.”
“We have seen the period for Frenkie at the Orange. That was a lot of shuffling. There was no life in the Dutch national team. From the moment Frenkie came into the Dutch national team, you see the difference. You see someone who comes to collect the ball, who gives other players peace and he can create things,” says Vink.
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