Hans Kraay Jr. expressed his very positive opinion about Davy Klaassen on Friday evening. The midfielder scored the only goal of the game in the World Cup qualifying match with Latvia (0-1) and according to the analyst that was no coincidence. “What a lovely boy. Cold, cool and technically good,” he judged during the afterthought on ESPN.
“He just makes the 1-1 in Norway, and that is perhaps the most important goal of the entire qualifying series”, Kraay Jr. begins his praise of Klaassen. “At home against Turkey, he doesn’t make the 6-1 or 5-1, but the 1-0. And now he makes the 0-1 here too. What a lovely boy that is. And he doesn’t score the easiest goals. The ball fell slightly behind him again, forcing him to hold back and walk back. He does this technically so perfectly.”
It is very telling who the best player of the Dutch was against Latvia
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“This is no coincidence either”, the analyst refers to the fact that Klaassen once again provided the opening goal. “I can’t explain it. The only thing I can explain is that he is very chilly, cold and technical in front of goal. We see more and more technical feats in him. These are not double scissors or crazy movements, but it is about his functional technique. Everyone wants a Davy Klaassen in their team.”
“How should the Netherlands play against Gibraltar? To begin with, Louis van Gaal will say: ‘The first I’m writing is Klaassen, and the second is Wijnaldum. Not because Wijnaldum is doing so great at Paris Saint-Germain, but because he almost never lets the Dutch national team down. Together with Depay, and now Klaassen, he has the best statistics, so you just compile them. And the rest doesn’t matter,” said Kraay Jr.