The penalty saved by Jasper Cillessen against RKC Waalwijk on Friday evening, which had to be retaken, is the subject of discussion. Today Inside. Johan Derksen thinks that few people feel sorry for the 34-year-old goalkeeper, especially because of his alleged unsympathetic character.

Presenter Wilfred Genee broaches the subject at the beginning of the broadcast by asking for applause from the audience for Cillessen and laughing exuberantly. René van der Gijp mainly feels sorry for the NEC goalkeeper: “Things aren't going well for that boy either.”

“There is something wrong with Jasper Cillessen,” Derksen immediately takes over the conversation. “That boy has never done anything bad to me, but I sense in the football world that everyone hates him. And why is that? Sometimes you don't go well in the football world.”

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“That of course also applied to Gertjan Verbeek, with whom I played for two years (at SC Heerenveen, ed.),” Van der Gijp adds. “And I can't find a nicer boy than Gertjan Verbeek, a world-class guy. A top guy. And everywhere he trained, people say: 'Pffff'. At Feyenoord Makaay came to me: 'Goddamn, what have we got hanging on our bike? '. I say he is a top guy, a real world guy.”

“And that also applies to Cilllessen. He doesn't seem like a bad guy to me, but everyone, Wesley Sneijder and Rafael van der Vaart and so on, don't like him,” said Van der Gijp. Tablemate Hélène Hendriks adds that Cillessen sometimes, and unconsciously, makes clumsy statements in the media, which does not do his image any good in football.

Penalty
Cillessen chose his left corner and thus neutralized Dario van den Buijs' effort. The left-footed defender took the penalty because regular taker Michiel Kramer was injured in the stands. Disappointment for Van den Buijs and great joy for Cillessen and his teammates.

However, that joy quickly disappeared. After a VAR check, referee Dennis Higler ruled that a NEC player was already in the penalty area when Van den Buijs took the shot. This allowed RKC to try again from eleven meters. With results, because David Min left Cillessen without a chance with a bang in the left corner.

No penalty killer
It was the first time for Cillessen to save a penalty on Dutch fields. In Spain he managed to save a penalty five times. Four times as goalkeeper for Valencia and once as goalkeeper for FC Barcelona.

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