Noussair Mazraoui feels an excellent click with Antony, he says in an interview with the General Newspaper. The wing defender regularly forms a tandem with the Brazilian attacker on the right flank at Ajax. At the same time, Mazraoui explains his good start to the season by stating that helifestyle‘ has changed.
“Coincidentally, I just sat down with Antony with the trainer to take even more steps. Neither of us are easily satisfied,” Mazraoui said. “We clicked right away. Maybe also because we were both street soccer players. We are both technically gifted and reasonably fast and have light feet. I do think the public will enjoy us. We also enjoy ourselves and like to have fun. If you do that, it’s easier to shred a flank.”
With four goals and three assists in the first eleven games, Mazraoui has started the season very well. He says that coach Erik ten Hag expected more goals and assists from him and that he has made it his goal to be involved in more goals. “Qua lifestyle I think the penny dropped. I am now much more concerned with sleeping well, eating and drinking water”, explains Mazraoui. “I already did those things, because otherwise you can’t play professional football. But to achieve my intended goals, I started raising the bar much higher and actually followed the plan.”
“In this way I have taken the basis of my fitness to a higher level. That works. And when you see it paying off, it’s easier to move on,” Mazraoui continues. He says he is fitter than ever. “I also notice that in my sprints. After forty or fifty meters I still have the strength to continue, to cut down, to make another sprint or to keep my final pass or shot sharp. I had that much less before and it all has to do with fitness.”
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