The cup final between Ajax and Vitesse will be followed with excessive interest by Theo Janssen on Sunday. The former midfielder was under contract with both clubs and is still working as a youth coach at Vitesse. With Ajax he became champion of the Eredivisie in the 2011/12 season. If the Arnhemmers conquer the cup next Sunday at the expense of Ajax, the analyst will join ‘slightly drunk’ in the evening. Studio Football.
Janssen receives one interview request after another in the run-up to the cup final, he indicates Gelderland broadcaster. “It’s nice that Vitesse is in the final”, the five-time international of the Dutch begins. “The fact that I am asked to do some interviews, especially because I played at Ajax and won the cup with Vitesse, is interesting. Winning the cup is crucial for Vitesse. Why shouldn’t that be important? They are playing a good season. , are in good position, but if you lose the cup final and you also lose to Feyenoord and finish fifth or sixth, you may have nothing at the end. Then you are no longer talking about a good season. ”
ESPN Janssen, who seized the TOTO KNVB Cup with FC Twente in 2011 at the expense of Ajax, wanted to be an analyst at the cup final, but got no response. “I indicated that I would rather not do that,” said Janssen. “I said that I want to watch the game with my girlfriend and some friends. On the one hand, it is nice to be in the stadium, but there is no one there. I experienced it at Ajax recently. The atmosphere is not there. Then I’d rather be in close company with some friends around me than sit there alone in an empty stadium. “
In the evening Janssen will just join us Studio Football, where he acts as one of the regular table guests this season together with Pierre van Hooijdonk, Arno Vermeulen and Rafael van der Vaart. It remains to be seen in what condition Janssen will be present at the football talk show on Sunday evening. “I hope I get slightly drunk with it Studio Football “, laughs Janssen.” That’s right. I will only be picked up once and brought home on Sunday evening. I hope I don’t know anything about that after the broadcast. ”
Janssen, of course supporter of Vitesse next Sunday, hopes that Remko Pasveer will be the star player of the final. “He is having a really good season,” says Janssen. “I also grant him that he has a very good final in which he cannot be beaten. Let Oussama Tannane shoot in the winning one, then he is the match winner and he has won the final, but Pasveer has pulled us through. Ajax always gets chances, you can’t play on the zero. You need a good keeper and a good defense. I predict a 1-2 victory for Vitesse. “