Valentijn Driessen thinks that Steven Berghuis ‘shouldn’t be walked all over’ at Ajax. The attacker, who operated as an attacking midfielder against PEC Zwolle (0-2) on Saturday, does not have the same status in Amsterdam as at his previous club Feyenoord. Bee football talk on ESPN It was concluded on Monday evening that Berghuis is not always assured of a base place at Ajax, although Davy Klaassen’s injury could mean that he will be placed behind the striker again against Sporting Portugal on Wednesday.
According to Valentijn Driessen, Berghuis has not been able to prove himself as a right winger at Ajax at ‘certain moments’. “Antony has done that more. On ’10’ Klaassen has also shown more than Berghuis at the moment. Berghuis played there once, against PEC Zwolle, and he made one good running action.” Berghuis made room on the left flank after half an hour with a long sprint and was able to serve Sébastien Haller. Berghuis first received the ball in the axis of the field and played to the left, where Dusan Tadic was standing. He then pulled a long sprint to the left from the middle around Tadic, who gave him the ball back. Then followed the assist to Haller.
Ajax travels to Lisbon without Davy Klaassen
Davy Klaassen is missing against Sporting Portugal on Wednesday evening.
In the studio, the question is raised whether Berghuis would also have made such an action at Feyenoord. Mikos Gouka, Feyenoord’s club watcher for Algemeen Dagblad, understands the question. “Of course he has to do something now, because it didn’t go so well.” The journalist indeed saw a greater ‘modesty’ at Berghuis, especially in his first weeks at Ajax than during his period at Feyenoord. “We once saw at Feyenoord that Mark Diemers did not give a ball, after which Berghuis clearly showed his dissatisfaction. Then you also saw a certain tension on the faces of the other players. They thought: if I get the ball, I have to do it.” know where Berghuis is. He has that much less now.”
“Tadic also wants to have a ball and there are more. He has to rise a bit in the hierarchy. He let Zakaria Labyad take a free kick (on August 14 against NEC, ed.), He would not do that at Feyenoord do,” concludes Gouka. According to Kenneth Perez, Berghuis currently seems to be ‘the player who does not play when everyone is fit’, but Driessen believes that the attacker does not have to be satisfied with that. “He has to bite the bullet a bit more and profile himself a bit more. He should not accept everything like a dead bird. You didn’t do that at Feyenoord and you don’t have to do that here either. Then everyone can talk about the hierarchy , but there are a number of players who are not allowed to fasten his shoes, also at Ajax. You really don’t have to let them walk all over you.”