VVV-Venlo tightened the negative club record on Saturday evening by losing in the Eredivisie for the eleventh time in a row. The Limburgers have come a step closer to relegation after the defeat against Sparta Rotterdam (2-0), Danny Post also realizes. The VVV captain reacts heavily disappointed and even seems to have lost hope of survival.
“This whole year has been a disappointment,” Post sighs ESPN. “It is very tough. Mentally we are all through it. Nothing works, everything goes wrong and that is due to our mentality. It is just not right in this group of players. You can put Mourinho for this group, but it is not all that either. . It’s in the heads, also in myself. I don’t know what it is, but the pipe is just really empty. “
Post seems desperate. “We are just not good mentally. We are ready for a result, but you will never get it this way. If that realization does not come, the season will end like a candle and you can see that happening today. often had conversations: hard words, positive words, at a certain point you try everything. But it has to come from within ourselves. You just see that things are not right in this group in terms of experience, in terms of knowing what is at stake. “
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In addition, the midfielder of VVV also puts his hand in his own bosom. “I notice that from the experience also in myself. I have been here for years and I notice that I cannot bring what I normally always bring to the team. That also eats at you, mentally it is just very difficult. We still have four games in which we have to do everything to stay in it, but that will be quite a challenge. “
VVV’s last victory was on January 27 (4-1 against Vitesse). This was followed by eleven defeats in the Eredivisie. The negative club record was ten games in a row at the end of the 1978/79 season and the start of the 1985/86 season. VVV is currently sixteenth, a place that would include play-offs for promotion / relegation at the end of the season. The lead over FC Emmen, which is in top form this year, is only one point. The possibly decisive match between VVV and Emmen will follow on the last match day.