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Following many other analysts, Willem van Hanegem is also of the opinion that Ajax’s 0-13 victory at VVV-Venlo, ‘a backward result’, is ‘a disaster for the Eredivisie’ in the long term. The former player and trainer sees only disadvantages attached to ‘the pupil result’ in North Limburg. For example, Lassina Traoré scored five times. “They won’t think about the border anyway: wow, he just scores five goals. No, they see 0-13 as the result ”, Van Hanegem sighs Algemeen Dagblad.
“The top scorer of the Eredivisie, he is no longer taken seriously by foreign clubs. A player who wants to go to a major competition can only show it in the top matches, because otherwise everyone will take their performance with a grain of salt ”, Van Hanegem continues. “And this does not seem a good thing for the market value of players. Apart from the fact that it just isn’t fun to watch. ”
Van Hanegem wonders where it went ‘so far and no further’ in the Eredivisie, also referring to the way in which, for example, AZ gave away a 0-4 lead at Sparta Rotterdam (4-4). “That disappears. And we grow more players like that. The KNVB attaches less and less to results and positions among the youth. But that is precisely what takes away the resilience of players. Boys who grew up with computer games. “
Today the NOS came to film these VVV-Venlo supporters at home … ??
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“If it doesn’t work there, you just start over. But that is not possible if Ajax is quickly 0-2 against you. Then you have to bite off and not let yourself be a dick. This had nothing to do with professional football ”, emphasizes the former Orange international. “An Andre Onana like that who took the middle line for the last fifteen minutes. That you let all that happen. ”
He points to the moment that Jürgen Klopp took all his top strikers off in one go in the Champions League match between Ajax and Liverpool (0-1). “Now was a moment to show them: aren’t you taking us seriously? Fine, here it comes. It did not work. Unfortunately. Although Ajax played the match well until those changes. There had even been profit. But against a club like Liverpool you really have to get your blood in your shoes. A team can sometimes evoke this in itself. No, this was not necessary against VVV. And that is precisely why it does not benefit anyone at all. ”