Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 10:59 PM• Dominic Mostert • Last update: 22:59

Youri Regeer was hit on Tuesday evening after the match between FC Volendam and Jong Ajax. In the fifth minute of injury time, Volendam turned a 1-2 deficit into a 3-2 victory; the winning goal was due to an incorrect play-in pass from Regeer. After the final whistle, the seventeen-year-old midfielder seemed to step off the field in tears and also for the camera of ESPN he looks taken aback.

After Volendam came to 2-2, the kick-off was disastrous for Ajax. Christian Rasmussen played the ball back to his own half, where six Ajax players were grouped together in a circle. Regeer handed the ball in to Zakaria El Azzouzi, who reacted very quickly and had a free passage to Dominik Kotarski’s goal. The forward made no mistake against his old club. “You make a mistake and the 3-2 comes out. That was a very stupid mistake personally”, Regeer mourns. “I didn’t say anything about it in the dressing room, it wasn’t necessary. I think everyone knows it was my fault.”

Regeer is then shown images of his retreat after the final whistle. “The 2-2 can happen, but then make such a terrible mistake in the last seconds … That ball just has to go forward. I know that it is a very big mistake”, he says. The late denouement also hurts because Ajax certainly did not play a bad match in his eyes. Until the 85th minute it was 0-2 in the Kras Stadium. “For the rest, we show good field play. We played adult and then this happens in the last minutes.”

Sontje Hansen was taken to the side just before the connection goal. From the couch he watched the showdown with sorrow. “I thought we were the much better team. For me there was also a nice role with an assist and then it really sucks that we lose like that”, says the creative, who does not blame Regeer for his mistake. “These things happen in a career. Tomorrow you have another chance, you just have to carry on. Next week we have another game and then he has to give one hundred percent again. It has to get out of his head quickly and then it will be fine. “

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