Ferdi Vierklau has been impressed by a number of Ajax players. After the 9-0 victory over SC Cambuur, the Amsterdammers are purveyor to his Team of the Week of The Telegraph. The former international saw Noussair Mazraoui, Jurriën Timber, Steven Berghuis and Sébastien Haller excel in the Johan Cruijff ArenA last Saturday. With Marcos Senesi, Jens Toornstra and Luis Sinisterra, three Feyenoord players can be found in his Team of the Week.
Mazraoui and Timber were both accurate against Cambuur once. “What Noussair Mazraoui has shown in recent weeks in combination with Jurriën Timber, is not normal. They form the right side of the defense. It is nice to see how Mazraoui participates offensively and that also applies to Timber. He dares to play a line further and you don’t see that happening very often from his position. He also gets the freedom for it,” said Vierklau, former player of FC Utrecht, Vitesse, Tenerife and Ajax.
In the absence of the injured Davy Klaassen, Steven Berghuis played as number ten. The the Dutch international was good for a goal and assist. “Berghuis, it’s just unbearable,” says Vierklau. “Something has now been said about his defensive work, but you don’t really need that in games like this one against Cambuur. You can also see that he likes playing football, the players at Ajax appreciate him and he is quickly becoming someone in the group. I think that’s great, especially given his past.”
“With Sébastien Haller, you ask yourself how he does and especially sees certain things,” Vierklau continues. He saw the Ivorian international score once, but saw the striker involved in several goals. “Then, for example, he does not get the assist in his name, but he does make the switch or he pulls a man away so that a goal is scored. Very special. That is extra quality. Just like the way in which he gave the ball the right direction at 7-0 behind the standing leg. That’s no luck, he knows exactly what he’s doing.”
Team of the Week of Ferdi Vierklau: Yanick van Osch (Fortuna Sittard); Noussair Mazraoui (Ajax), Jurriën Timber (Ajax), Marcos Senesi (Feyenoord), Robin Pröpper (FC Twente); Orestis Kiomourtzoglou (Heracles Almelo), Jens Toornstra (Feyenoord), Joey Veerman (Sc Heerenveen); Steven Berghuis (Ajax), Sébastien Haller (Ajax), Luis Sinisterra (Feyenoord).