Antony was again prematurely taken to the side on Thursday evening during the first match of the eighth final of the Europa League between Ajax and Young Boys (3-0). Kenneth Perez picks up in the studio of ESPN announced that the 21-year-old attacker was substituted for the 20th time in 29 official games. The analyst and colleague Kees Kwakman come to the conclusion that this can influence Antony’s game.
Presenter Jan Joost van Gangelen confronts Perez with the fact that during his time at FC Twente he was also regularly taken to the side by then trainer Steve McClaren. “Even when I was old and bad, I was still angry when I was replaced by Steve McClaren after 60 minutes,” said Perez. “I was old and Antony is still young, but it does get into your head. I just knew that when the sixty minutes had passed, I would not have scored three goals and it became difficult in terms of content that I was substituted. ”
“I was already working on that five to ten minutes before, like: pff, here we go again. That is also with him, because he has been substituted for the 75th minute in 20 of the 29 games. When does the space and fatigue get to the opponent? In that phase, yes ”, the analyst continues. Antony was taken to the side for Oussama Idrissi against Young Boys after 68 minutes. “That can be really annoying. You can also see it in his reaction, he holds back well. ”
Antony’s reaction after his switch.
“Despite the fact that he did not play optimally, it can continue to work”, Kwakman answers. “It is also difficult for Ten Hag. Attackers are substituted more often. Ten Hag has already said that Idrissi is doing well. Tadic is usually not replaced, although I don’t think he gets tired towards the ninetieth minute. ”