Dick Advocaat regrets statements he made after the match between ADO Den Haag and Feyenoord (3-2). The trainer openly wondered whether he still had to draft ‘players who are working on contracts, et cetera’, because they might be busy with other things than the interests of Feyenoord, ‘such as money’. In addition, Lawyer hinted that early resignation was an option, but this week the trainer and the club management decided to finish the season together.
“I have said a number of things wrong through emotion and frustration. That can also happen to me. I closed it. I did not expect to lose from ADO. Then you will say things that are not sensible,” Lawyer said on Friday. press conference for Sunday’s match against Ajax. “I was really angry. Later I think, why am I saying it? I have to try to stay calm, but the defeat went all wrong. It was not necessary. I was angry with everyone and then I talk too much.”
Lawyer has discussed his dissatisfaction with the group of players. “Although we mainly had a conversation about what to do in the next two weeks. You have been writing about it all week and talking about it in podcasts and talk shows,” he adds. For now, the focus is on the game with Ajax and the remainder of the season. “The goal is to reach European football. How, it doesn’t matter. Although we have to be realistic: it will be very difficult to avoid the play-offs.”
Before Advocaat spoke to the press, Tyrell Malacia responded to the commotion surrounding the trainer. “You have to win the last three games. How it happens now doesn’t matter. You just have to win. That’s the most important thing at the moment,” said the left back. The conversation between the players group and Lawyer on Tuesday has been ‘good’ for the team, Malacia added. “We know what the trainer is like. He’s just like that. We knew that from the start. It’s not something strange. Whether we can continue with each other? We have to, there is no other choice.”
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