“Not one player from this AZ would be a reinforcement in Amsterdam,” headlines columnist Henk Spaan on Monday Het Parool. After Sunday’s match between Ajax and AZ, he is anything but impressed by the team of trainer Pascal Jansen, which went down 2-0 in the Johan Cruijff ArenA. Spaan, on the other hand, is deeply impressed by Ajax midfielder Davy Klaassen.
Klaassen opened the score in the second half and determined the final score with a striking header in the final phase. Because of the victory, Ajax is unofficially champion and can keep the championship scale in the air against FC Emmen for the 35th time in club history next Sunday. “It is rarely ugly goals that Davy scores and they are always decisive. His purchase has proved to be just as important as that of Blind, Tadic, Martínez and Álvarez, ”said Spaan.
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After the match, Ten Hag praised the way Sébastien Haller performed his tasks. The trainer indicated that he was satisfied with the striker’s play. Spaan also saw Haller doing a lot of good in the forefront. “As for yesterday’s game, I can’t skip Haller. He’s the new piss on social media, of course because of his seemingly freaky physique and control, while he was of great importance yesterday, partly because of his ball conquests in the front. ”
AZ and Ajax were evenly matched in the first half, but after the break, it was the team from Amsterdam who ruled. “AZ was reduced to an average opponent by Ajax”, Spaan saw. “Looking at this match, I didn’t see one player from Alkmaar who would be an improvement in Ajax’s selection. Gudmundsson was kicked out of the game by Álvarez and the much-vaunted Midtsjö and Koopmeiners were mostly invisible. Klaassen won almost all his duels and shone in front of the goal. ”
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