Johan Derksen does not have a good word for the contribution of Memphis Depay to the European Championship. Also in the debacle of the Dutch national team against the Czech Republic (0-2 loss), the attacker lost the ball: no less than 25 times. Moreover, the the Dutch did not shoot once on target in Budapest. Bee The the Dutch Summer Derksen was especially excited about how Depay wants to come across off the field, while he couldn’t make the difference inside the lines.
“You couldn’t win this match”, René van der Gijp started. “You play with a very mediocre Depay, a very mediocre Georginio Wijnaldum and a Daley Blind who suddenly suffers a lot of ball loss. Then there is little left. And of course you have to make it 1-0”, he referred to the great opportunity for Donyell Malen just before Matthijs de Ligt’s red card. “It just has to go in. Especially at this level. Then it is 1-0 and you go into the game with a completely different feeling.”
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Derksen did not have a good word for Depay’s contribution to the European Championship. “He can make all kinds of documentaries and try to come across as Elvis Presley, but he has played four games for the the Dutch with his big mouth and four games played very badly. Depay acts as if he were a star, from early in the morning until late at night. If you see him: he acts like a star. But then fucking show it too.”
“He’s had the chance for four games and not once has he lived up to his behavior off the field on the field.” Derksen openly wondered how Depay will enter the dressing room at Barcelona in a few weeks. “They also watched four matches of their purchase.” Van der Gijp: “I find it very exciting that he is going there. If he plays there for half an hour like now, Lionel Messi taps him on the shoulder and asks: ‘Hey, have you been playing football for a long time?’.”
“You’re not telling me that Messi won’t do that, are you?” Van der Gijp does not think that Depay will change his playing style at Barcelona. “In the Netherlands we are already satisfied with this way of playing. This is his game. With every ball he tries the hardest thing there is. Nobody is going to take that at Barcelona, right?” Derksen added: “If Depay was played, he could tap the ball in one go. But he took the ball and thought: I don’t care about that, I want to make an action. Well, if Messi is waiting, he’ll get a butt corner.”
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