Henk de Jong reveals swear words for which he got red


Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 10:49 PM• Rian Rosendaal • Last update: 23:36

After the tumultuous duel between RKC Waalwijk and SC Cambuur (5-1) Henk de Jong announced which swear word he used in the direction of arbitrator Sander van der Eijk. The losing coach said ‘weak dick’ and, in his own words, was rightly sent to the stands in the Mandemakers Stadium. De Jong can also not hide his surprise when he hears that Bas Nijhuis acted as VAR in the meeting with a total of three red cards.

“It is a special evening”, De Jong sighs afterwards in conversation with reporter Hans Kraay junior of ESPN. “It’s a shame, we again do ourselves a lot of harm. We start quite well and then that red card (for Mees Hoedemakers, ed.) is justified. That is just right, you can see that immediately. So I also say to the boys : ‘Hup, prepare how we are going to play, with two strikers’. And that can be done against that system. So we did that well, we come to 0-1. Then you know that you are under some pressure. And yes, then there comes a moment, yes guys. It’s Calimero behavior on Sunday, but these are two Calimero’s happy.”

“Don’t think that Bas Nijhuis (at AZ against Ajax, ed.) will come to the side on Sunday for the moment we get a penalty, or Makkelie. Do you know what they say? clock and I didn’t whistle for half an hour and I don’t whistle again, because I like that, don’t whistle.” And now that man (referee Van der Eijk, who gave a penalty to RKC after a handball by Jamie Jacobs, ed.) to the side and then I said, are there also women in the studio?”, De Jong asks Kraay in between, who immediately asks a question: “What did you say to the referee?” The Cambuur coach’s answer quickly follows: “Flabby LUL.” Laughter soon follows from the studio of ESPN after the unveiling of De Jong.

“You won’t take that back?” Kraay asks De Jong, who seems surprised by the reporter’s question: “No, I’m not taking that back, because I already said it. And that red card is therefore justified. But I think again, what I just said, that a Bas Nijhuis or a Danny Makkelie in the big games does not say: ‘oh, now we’re going to the side to have a look’.” Kraay immediately emphasizes that Nijhuis was present as VAR at the game in Waalwijk and that he advised Van der Eijk 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 raises. “Yes, I’m really surprised about that. I never expected that Bas Nijhuis would be there. Then it’s a mess”, says De Jong, after which laughter and even applause are heard from the ESPN-studio. “And then the next thing, and then I’m gone, and rightly so, because I’m not allowed to say ‘weak dick’. And then Alex (Bangura, ed.) makes a stupid offense and he (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?”, De Jong asks, and then goes on to say that despite the struggle and commitment, his team rightfully lost to RKC.