Erik ten Hag has criticized Antony. After the Eredivisie match between Ajax and Heracles Almelo (0-0), the trainer is looking for a conversation with Hélène Hendriks van ESPN for reasons for the disappointing play of his team. The Brazilian right winger, among others, failed, Ten Hag admits.
“It was a battle today”, says the choice lord of the team from Amsterdam after the draw. “If we take advantage of the opportunities at the beginning of the game, it will be a lot easier. We broke through a number of times, especially through Antony, and one of those opportunities has to be won. Then Heracles starts to believe in it, and then you get a match like that you can expect.”
“What did I think of Antony?” Ten Hag continues when asked. “Well, his choices weren’t too good. He has to score from the right. And how he does that… Look, the choices of when to finish, when to pass to put someone in a better position… I guess he didn’t always notice things like that today. He had a lot of threat today and he was difficult to stop. But he has to make the difference. That’s the shape of the day,” concludes the trainer.
Ten Hag is by no means negative about the opening phase, but due to the lack of decisiveness of the team from Amsterdam, things eventually went wrong in the eyes of the trainer. “Heracles played well, but that was up to us. They kept going one step faster. I think every team has a hard time here. We have to win every game, and if we don’t, that’s not good enough. Clearly, we have to be honest about that too. But in the end we didn’t lose either. If you can’t win, you can’t lose. The boys have understood that well,” said the coach.