If it is up to Valentijn Driessen, Ajax will quickly come up with a new goalkeeper. The chief of football of The Telegraph was not impressed by Jay Gorter on Saturday evening during the Johan Cruijff Scale and calls the goalie ‘the worst on the field’. Ajax was no match for PSV in its own Johan Cruijff ArenA and had to lose 3-5. Guus Til was the big man by taking on a hat-trick on his official debut.
Ajax still took the lead through Steven Bergwijn, but dropped back after half an hour and saw PSV take control. “At the end of the first half and almost the entire second half, PSV controlled the match and I did not have the idea that Ajax would walk over PSV,” Driessen said. “Fortunately, PSV is going into the meeting with AS Monaco (third qualifying round of the Champions League, ed.) with a particularly good feeling. That is the most important thing. We should be very happy with that. If PSV lose 5-3, they will go with in a minor mood to France.”
According to the football chief, Ajax should be seriously concerned. “Rensch does not appear to function as a right back. He did function a year and a half ago, but has since completely lost it. He is actually not a real right back. He has always played centrally in youth and you can see that he has difficulty defending. Cody Gakpo was continuously too quick for him and could continuously give the cross. But it also does not work in the combination with Antony. That is a danger. Ajax lacks length. “
Uncertain impression
Another who fell through the cracks was Jay Gorter. The goalkeeper was completely wrong twice and became the schlemiel of the evening. “I wouldn’t put it up there again,” Driessen concludes. “He makes two major blunders, as a result of which Ajax is constantly behind the facts. He does not make such a sure impression on me in the goal. That is not so bad against Fortuna Sittard, but against PSV it will cost you the Johan Cruijff Scale. And what happens immediately in the Champions League when you play against great opponents? I think that Remko Pasveer will be under the bar next Saturday against Fortuna.”
Trainer Alfred Schreuder finds it too easy to only point to Gorter. “I don’t regret letting him keep it. It is also too short-sighted to say that Remko Pasveer will keep our first competition match next week. It wasn’t just Jay that we lost,” he said during the press conference. In addition to Pasveer and Gorter, Schreuder also has Maarten Stekelenburg behind him. “But five goals against is of course not possible. That is worrying,” said the coach.