Marco van Basten was very critical about Ajax’s game during the break. Ryan Gravenberch in particular makes a very weak impression in the first half of the Champions League match with Dortmund in the eyes of Van Basten. The sliding of Lisandro Martínez in the opening phase, which gave Borussia a great chance, also leads to much surprise among the analyst.
“How do I think it’s going?”, Van Basten opens when asked at Ziggo Sports. “In the beginning they lost the ball and it seemed as if Martínez still had his shoes in the box. There were so many mistakes in the beginning. Then you think: where are those big boys? For the past few weeks everyone has been talking about winning the Champions League and so on.”
“But Gravenberch also lost so much ball that I think: come on man”, continues Van Basten. “He is talked about so well, but it’s not all that bad. Martínez hands in balls, Antony does not have a good assumption. The great Ajax that we have seen in the past two weeks, I think that is immediately disappointing. It’s just a cuddle.”
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