Kenneth Perez is shocked by the performance of Ajax in the first half against Vitesse. The team from Amsterdam took an early lead in the make-up game thanks to a goal from Dusan Tadic. Halfway through the first half, Vitesse came alongside: Million Manhoef scored the 1-1 after a long sprint.
Ajax shot from the starting blocks and already found the opening goal after five minutes of play. Tadic tapped in from close range after an excellent pass from Steven Bergwijn. After the goal, things quickly went downhill with the field game of the Ajax players, who conceded a goal twenty minutes later. Timber suffered a clumsy loss of possession near the hostile sixteen, after which Manhoef was able to take over. After a phenomenal sprint over approximately sixty meters, he finally passed goalkeeper Remko Pasveer: 1-1. Perez indicates at halftime that he is bewildered about Ajax’s game.
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“Of course he starts a great sprint”, opens Perez at ESPN. “At first, Timber thought it would run smoothly, but then he saw that Manhoef was sprinting. But Taylor is taking it way too easy. He should have started sprinting much earlier. You should know that Manhoef is so fast and he needs to get to the center faster. This just isn’t right. Bassey had the situation under control. Timber, of course, should not have handed in the ball, but there is still a long way to go after that.”
“Yet this is not Ajax’s biggest problem. Holy… At the ball really zero ideas. No one outplaying a man. It is waiting for Kudus who does have it. Tadic also did not participate at all after his goal. it is shocking hear. I’m close to the field now, but then you see the pace… Bassey is just really funny to me; it’s almost pathetic. Defensively and in terms of speed it is fine, but on the ball it is very poor: Bambi on ice. The opponent also just releases him,” said Perez.
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