“Who the hell do you think you are?”

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Monday, March 2, 2020 at 21:13

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Hakim Ziyech played in the lost top match against AZ (0-2) on Sunday, to say the least, not his happiest match for Ajax. René van der Gijp catches up on Monday evening Veronica Inside expresses his surprise at the negative attitude with which the attacking midfielder was standing on the field. “That ball that is on thunderstorm all the time. Whatever you want …”, says Van der Gijp in his characteristic idiom.

A specific moment that is highlighted in the TV program is the free kick that Ziyech took just before his substitution in the second half. The pass of the Ajax player did not end up close to a teammate, after which Ziyech expressed his dissatisfaction with a fierce arm gesture, among other things. “Do you think that this is possible?”, Asks Van der Gijp of table companion Wim Kieft. “I don’t think you should do that, dude, just do it normally”, the old right winger continues. “I don’t think you should do this to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. I think he will come to you in the peace and quiet to ask who the hell you really think you are.”

Johan Derksen can gain a little more understanding of the misery that Ziyech made after the free kick in question. “He gives a ball that he basically gives every match, and there are still Ajax players who are up to it and turn up at the second post. But now he gives the ball and there is nobody. I can imagine, with all the frustrations who already lived during that match, that he makes such a gesture “, says Derksen, who also understands that Ziyech reacted very irritated when trainer Erik ten Hag pulled him to the side.

“I can also imagine that he was very pissed off going out,” says Derksen, who then tackles Ten Hag. “If you have some human knowledge, you know: that boy has such pride and ego, he doesn’t want to be exchanged. There are players who can make that demand, he is one of those players. He is so big, for Ajax at least, that if he says ‘I don’t want to be changed’, then that trainer shouldn’t do that either, there were eight who were at least as bad as he, who didn’t have that status, he could have changed it “He can always do something genius in the last second.”

Wim Kieft notes that Ziyech always puts risk in his game. “He never makes a concession to his style of play,” says Ajax’s former striker. “He can never say: I’m playing a little simpler today. That annoys me. I think you can expect a player of his caliber to take a small step back. That’s typical Ziyech, that is also his quality again, because something may arise, and of course he is not fit, and it has often turned out that if he is not fit, he can hardly play well. be rhythm and solid. He just can’t do that. “

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