Hans Kraay Jr. was impressed by Cody Gakpo’s game on Thursday evening, he told Sunday morning in Good morning Eredivisie. The PSV attacker, who had to stop the duel with the Monegasques early and is not there in the top match against Ajax on Sunday, provided a feat prior to the equalizer with a sublime assumption. Marciano Vink is less enthusiastic about Gakpo and believes that the winger should add more variety to his game.
Gakpo received an interception from Philipp Max against AS Monaco after an hour of play and only one assumption on the top of the foot was enough to continue the game. The piece of art even resulted in a hit, when he scored on a pass from Carlos Vinícius. “That assumption of Gakpo”, Kraay jr. enjoys the action of the PSV player. “It takes someone else twice for that, the assumption and the ball. I’ve hardly ever seen that. Someone who stands with his back to everything, kills a ball and continues in one movement. Usually you still have your outside.”
The action of Cody Gakpo that Hans Kraay Jr. refers to, prior to the 1-1 against AS Monaco
Marciano Vink immediately makes a comment. “I am a huge fan of Gakpo, but I do notice that it has become a Gakpo show for the last month and a half,” said the analyst. “You have on the left Max who came up 16 times a game, he only does that eight times now. It gets monotonous with Gakpo, who often comes in and looks for the shot. Eran Zahavi more or less runs with the soul under his arms. Gakpo should use Max. The opponent is now focusing too much on him, while he has to simplify it for himself.”
Gakpo spoke this week with Guus Hiddink about his development, the latter says in the football talk show. “The quality such as that assumption is something he naturally has. But he also has to broaden his game, because he cannot rely on that alone. Then PSV is dependent on a one-on-one duel from Gakpo. He is there himself. is aware of this, but there is development in it. He is now entering the next phase in which he has to develop that. He is very open and nice. He listens. He also sometimes says that he is always looking for the one-on-one one duel, which is fine. But you also have to see if you can sometimes involve a fellow player. He will start with that.”