Oussama Idrissi played a half at Ajax for the first time in the away match against PEC Zwolle (0-2 victory) on Sunday. The wing attacker hired from Seville made a good impression on Kenneth Perez. The Danish analyst says in the program This was the Weekend from ESPN only not to understand that Idrissi has chosen to leave for Ajax on a rental basis.
“He was allowed to play a little longer today and came in to a position where I haven’t seen him play that often, on the right side. The left side is for Tadic. At AZ he was always the left winger, but he did fine and created four chances ”, Perez said. Idrissi played 133 minutes for Ajax for the time being, spread over seven matches. He was not yet a basic player in the team of trainer Erik ten Hag.
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“I think he is a good player, but I don’t understand why he chose Ajax”, says the analyst. “If you come from a club where you have hardly played, you are looking for playing minutes. At Ajax you have the captain (Dusan Tadic, ed.) As a competitor. Well, it never fails. Then you have those two Brazilians (Antony and David Neres, ed.), They are quite good and they alternate. Then I don’t know where you want to make your minutes, except in matches against Zwolle. In serious matches I don’t see where he has to make his minutes. ”
“Then he will go back to Seville with eight half matches in his legs, so I don’t understand the choice of him. I understand Ajax’s choice, because they have doubled the positions ”, Perez continues. Presenter Jan Joost van Gangelen asks if Ajax is ‘nice for Idrissi’s CV’. “I do not know. Then they see 300 minutes ahead of Ajax ”, Perez responds. Mario Been thinks otherwise. “If you win prizes with Ajax and you have only had a limited share in that, it will still be on your resume. It’s not like he goes to a club with which he wastes his time. ”
“I have now played a second half and that went fairly easily. I noticed that there was a lot more in my body. So physically it looks really good for me. At a certain point you get into a flow. and then you automatically get to your top fitness “, says Idrissi himself in conversation with AT5. “Patience is part of top sport. I knew how the cards were on the table. I came here to get fit, have fun and do my bit. Ideally you want to play the ninety minutes every game and score all the goals. but you also have to be realistic. I trust the process and it will work out all by itself. “