Henk de Jong will not be along the line at SC Cambuur next round. After his red card during the duel with RKC Waalwijk (5-1), the 58-year-old coach has received a settlement proposal of one match (plus one conditional) from the disciplinary committee of the KNVB. As a result, De Jong misses the home game against leader PSV. Alex Bangura and Mees Hoedemakers, who were also sent off in Waalwijk, have to watch a little longer: the duo received a proposal of two duels plus one conditional. Cambuur has agreed to the suspensions.
Hoedemakers and Bangura were both shown red immediately before half time after hard violations. The red card for trainer De Jong followed after a scolding at the arbitration, in which he had called arbitrator Sander van der Eijk a ‘weak asshole’. De Drachtenaar thought his punishment was ‘justified’, he said afterwards, but did not want to take back his words. “No, because I have already said it. And that red card is therefore also justified,” said De Jong.
Cambuur trainer Henk de Jong was furious at Sander van der Eijk after the penalty moment?? “Flabby COCK” pic.twitter.com/hBbuHuFG1r
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“But I think again, what I just said,” continued the Friesian, “that a Bas Nijhuis or a Danny Makkelie in the big games does not say about this: ‘Oh, let’s go to the side for a while to have a look. ‘.” Interviewer Hans Kraay junior immediately emphasized that Nijhuis was present as VAR at the duel in Waalwijk and that he Van der Eijk advised to come to the side to take a closer look at Jacobs’ handball. “No, Bas is not VAR”, responds a very surprised De Jong. “No, that’s not possible, that’s really not possible. Well then I’m curious how this Sunday (at AZ – Ajax, ed.). If someone farts, he has to go to the side for a while. ?”
“You’re completely stunned, aren’t you?” Kraay then argued. “Yes, I’m really surprised about that. I never expected that Bas Nijhuis would be there. Then it’s a mess”, said De Jong, after which laughter and even applause sounded from the umpteenth time. ESPN- studio. “And then the next thing, and then I’m gone, and rightly so, because I can’t say ‘weak dick’. And then Alex (Bangura, ed.) makes a stupid violation and he sits (Van der Eijk, ed.) again for the statue. Bas Nijhuis was right here, but not for a fart, knock and give a red card. But I can’t believe it was Bas Nijhuis, I think that other man (the AVAR, ed.) said it Ready?” asks De Jong, who then added that his team had rightly lost to RKC despite the struggle and commitment.