Heracles Almelo saw the panicky trainer change just before the Kitchen Champion Play-Offs turn out badly on Wednesday. René Kolmschot, who was suddenly pushed forward by the dismissal of Frank Wormuth, saw his team go down 3-0 at Excelsior. “We talked a lot beforehand to get rid of the fear, but if you lose 3-0, we didn’t succeed,” Kolmschot reacted in front of the camera afterwards. Football zone against Kalum van Oudsheusden.
The interim coach of Heracles got in the studio of ESPN immediately a blow from the pan of Kenneth Perez, who is highly surprised at the decision to send Wormuth away prematurely. “How bad was Heracles!” said the analyst. “I have to say, with retroactive effect: I didn’t know René Kolmschot, but if that was Wormuth’s alternative, I would have left it alone for a while… Kolmschot can’t help it either, he’s an assistant, but in terms of energy… in terms of… He has no idea what to do here.”
Jan Joost van Gangelen expressed his compassion for Kolmschot, because the clubman moved on as an assistant in the interest of Heracles. “But then you say ‘no’?” Perez responded. “If it is above your head, and I think it is, then you say ‘no’. It is not just a competition…” Pierre van Hooijdonk also does not understand Heracles’ behavior. “Had Wormuth been fired a little earlier and put another trainer there.”
Kolmschot himself admitted in front of the camera that his team started dramatically against Excelsior. “In the first half hour we had no grip at all, the holes were too big, we backed too far and we didn’t do it together,” said the Heracles coach. “We need to talk about that because it has to do with fear.” Heracles is experiencing a terrible season, in which the club was badly hit by the car accident that caused ex-star player Rai Vloet in intoxication. “If it is restless at a club, that always has an influence,” said Kolmschot. “It didn’t go well for us this year either, don’t tell.”
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