Steven Bergwijn does not want to elaborate on the painful defeat of Ajax in the Champions League. Napoli was far too strong in the Johan Cruijff ArenA with 1-6 and that clearly led to a lot of frustration, but the winger refuses to show the back of his tongue. “I don’t think it’s wise if I start expressing my feelings now,” Bergwijn said.
In front of ‘s camera RTL7 the attacker is asked by reporter Simons Zijlemans for his opinion about the lost match. Bergwijn is clearly deeply disappointed, although he does not want to elaborate on the duel. “Let’s talk about it tomorrow. I don’t think it’s wise for me to express my feelings now. Then I’m going to say things I might regret. Of course there is a lot of anger when you lose 1-6 at home and there should be. It’s just a shitty night and I can’t make anything else out of it.”
Bergwijn does not think that Napoli and Liverpool are normally much better than Ajax. “Today they may have been a size too big, but I think we have to look at ourselves. Not to those other teams. We have to sit down together, put our heads together and something has to change. Such a home defeat is simply not Ajax. It makes no sense to express my feelings in front of the camera,” Bergwijn repeats.
Analyst Wesley Sneijder expects harsh words to be spoken in the group of players the day after the humiliating defeat. “I hope Bergwijn will say something in the dressing room tomorrow. He doesn’t want to shout it here and I can understand that. You have to discuss things like that internally, but I hope he will throw everything out. It is remarkable that everyone in front of the camera is talking about tomorrow. It looks like they’ve been instructed, like, don’t say anything in front of the camera. We will discuss it internally tomorrow. You can clearly see that at Bergwijn. There is something alive in that group,” concludes Sneijder.