Ajax goalkeeper Jay Gorter had to concede one more goal in the remainder of De Klassieker on Wednesday afternoon, ultimately setting the final score at 0-4. The 23-year-old Amsterdammer has had a turbulent period, as he tried to get his pregnant girlfriend to safety after the ‘final’ whistle on Sunday and he has had a nasty experience with Sven Mislintat. According to ESPNreporter Hans Kraay junior snapped at the now dismissed director of football affairs Gorter like a ‘madman’ that he ‘has to get out as quickly as possible’. “Everything that happens affects you as a person,” Gorter said to Kraay junior.
On Sunday, De Klassieker was stopped after 55 minutes, after fireworks ended up on the field for the second time. Feyenoord was already leading 0-3 at that moment thanks to goals from Santiago Giménez (2) and Igor Paixão. The restart took place on Wednesday afternoon, but there was no question of a comeback by the Amsterdam team. In fact, three minutes after the restart, Giménez determined the final score at 0-4. Gorter indicates that there was still some hope for a good result beforehand. “Yes, we wanted to make some adjustments to the system,” he says. “Everyone knows that it will be difficult with 35 minutes on the clock and a 0-3 deficit. You try something and want to force something, but if Giménez comes in… How long was it? three, four minutes? Then it will fizzle out.” a little off.”
Gorter acknowledges that opponents’ players often appear in front of him. “We have to reflect and work on that. It is a whole new group and there is so much chaos. Just when I opened my phone it was still going on. A lot is happening within the club at the moment. We are trying to to get rid of as much of it as possible, but that is more difficult than you think. I have to tell you honestly: I am standing here in front of the camera after we were beaten 0-4 in De Klassieker. It is difficult now to not to think about anything and how bad we are on the field, what we do, what it looks like and what happens within the club. It’s just chaos, yes.”
After the game was finally stopped on Sunday, Branco van den Boomen and Gorter immediately went looking for their girlfriends. Kraay asks if that has gotten into his head. “Not anymore, luckily she was safe,” he replies. “But when things like that happen… That’s outside of football. But my girlfriend is doing well and I think also with Branco’s girlfriend and little one. We were able to get them to safety, so that’s positive.” Finally, Kraay asks what the Mislintat affair has done to him. “In any case, I don’t want to talk about that anymore,” Gorter answers. “It’s over now and I want to focus on football as quickly as possible. We can all see that that is necessary. Everything that happens affects you as a person and that is all I want to say about it. Now we have to move on.”