Rinus Israel has praise for Jurriën Timber. As a reporter of The Telegraph is Iron Rinus especially to speak about the footballing ability of the twenty-year-old defender of Ajax. In addition to Timber, the former international of the Dutch national team has included Gernot Trauner and Tyrell Malacia in his team of the week.
Timber had to miss the past international matches of the Dutch with Denmark (4-2 win) and Germany (1-1) due to an injury, but made the ninety minutes full again on Saturday against FC Groningen (1-3 win) on behalf of Ajax. . Israel is pleased with his return. “Jurriën Timber is a good central defender and a real football player,” he says in The Telegraph†
“It’s not ramming and rowing,” Israel continues. “He could also play very easily in midfield. He often comes out of that, of course, because he has the ability to play someone from backwards, turn them away and create a numerical superiority one line further. He is also quick enough not to get into trouble in the switch.”
Feyenoord settled 2-0 with Willem II in De Kuip on Saturday. Luis Sinisterra and Bryan Linssen provided the goals, but two defenders stood out in a positive sense for Israel. “He is my player of the week and next to Timber in the team. He quickly sees the depth to play in and finds his fellow players as well. The faster that pass comes, the more time and space Feyenoord will have in the front, of course. He also doesn’t do stupid things and therefore very few wrong things.”
In the eyes of Israel, Malacia can also look back on a good performance. The left back of Feyenoord made a good impression with the Dutch national team on national coach Van Gaal and continued this line against Willem II. “He is developing well. He occasionally takes a little too much risk with the ball, but that becomes a good left wing defender. He is agile, defensive and with the ball at his feet. Will we see him much more often in the Dutch? I hope so,” Israel said.