Tjaronn Chery made himself felt on Tuesday afternoon in the match between Maccabi Haifa and Feyenoord (0-0) in the Europa League. The captain of the reigning champions of Israel shot the bar from a great distance halfway through the first half and surprised ten minutes before the break by holding the ball high in the half of Feyenoord. The moment did analyst Mario Been of ESPN reminiscent of Richard Witschge’s famous ‘uphold moment’ against Feyenoord in 1997.
“I thought: it has been a long time since I left the Netherlands, so I want to wake up the people in the Netherlands,” the 33-year-old attacker says with a laugh after the game. “I gave a little show. I’m still the same player. Every now and then you have to show yourself.” Chery enjoyed playing against a Dutch club and is already looking forward to the return match in De Kuip. “It was nice to see the guys, but unfortunately we didn’t get the three points.”
Been isn’t too fond of Chery’s acrobatics. “I don’t like it very much, but well, if he likes it… He has swagger and he has qualities. You notice that in everything: how he sees the game, how he takes the ball … He is a great player. the ball he was calm and he gave some good stabs.” Chery regretted that his cannonball on the crossbar was not several inches lower. “The Conference League balls wobble a bit, so I decided to take it out. Unfortunately, he didn’t go in.”
????? Tjaronn Chery decided to imitate Richard Witschge against Feyenoord: “Let me wake up those boys from the Netherlands, let’s have a little show.”#macfey #uecl pic.twitter.com/EeAswyKDJc
— ESPN NL (@ESPNnl) September 14, 2021
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