Jurriën Timber looks back with satisfaction on his performance in the match between Ajax and Young Boys. The defender had few mistakes to be caught and received afterwards RTL7 the question of how he can so easily stay upright as a relatively inexperienced player. “As a young boy you know what is asked at Ajax, so it is easier to participate”, Timber replies.
He doesn’t suffer from stage fright, he added with a laugh. “No, I don’t have that easily. Earlier at school, earlier, than on the field,” said the defender, who started in the center of the rear and moved to the right back position when Devyne Rensch was replaced in the second half. Timber does have a favorite place. “That is central in the back. But I can also work in other positions and that is just nice and nice, I think.”
“I can compete pretty well everywhere in the back. I think I can improve myself by calming my head. I don’t stress very quickly, but it can sometimes go in the wrong direction. Fortunately that didn’t happen today. we do what we have to do, it really can’t go wrong next week “, concluded Timber, who spoke of a ‘nice position for next week’. Ajax will defend a 3-0 lead in Switzerland in the return of the eighth final of the Europa League.
Three Ajax players stand out in a duel with Young Boys
Jurriën Timber was judged with a good score in the Voetbalzone report.
“The winning mentality is good. Every game we try to do what we have to do,” assured the nineteen-year-old youth exponent. “Teams are having a hard time against us. We keep going. I didn’t think Young Boys were bad today, but we were very good today. In the first half we had trouble scoring, but in the second half we finished well.”