It was those moments of which almost everyone in the Johan Cruijff Arena knew they would come. After Mika Godts had left a very high chance of the 1-0, the Inter of Cristian Chivu struck twice from a corner twice within five match minutes.
Twice the corner specified by Hakan Çalhanoglu was headed in by Marcus Thuram. Twice the Amsterdam anti -aircraft guns looked brittle. At the 0-1 Davy Klaassen lost sight of the French striker for a moment, at the 0-2 Klaassen and Ko Ikatura were knocked in the air by Thuram.
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It was a daring choice to link Klaassen (1.79 meters) to Thuram (1.92 meters)
What went wrong? To begin with, it was a daring choice to link Klaassen (1.79 meters) because of the considerable difference in length to Thuram (1.92 meters), a bear of a guy. Certainly after the 0-1. Coach John Heitinga about that: ,, That is easy to talk afterwards. I mean: you also train on it, you are working on it, you discuss it. ”
In addition: ,, Davy is a player who can normally cover well. But you also have to deal with physical strength. And the ball is well -known twice. But then we can only blame ourselves, because we have to defend it much better. The players know that, I know. We have to take a critical look at it. “
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Wednesday evening the difference in length with the players of Inter was huge. It can imply that the selection is not completely put together. Heitinga sees several causes: ,, It is mainly in a bit of quality of Inter. Plus a piece of duel and length difference. “
The striking thing about the corner defense is that Heitinga chooses not to put a man in the first and second post. ,, That is a conscious choice. We choose the organization, we think this is the best. But today that was not the case and we will have to get started with that. I notice that a theme is now being made, but please do not let it become a theme. “
Johnny Heitinga (r) busy gesturing along the sidelines. © AFP
Ajax’s Achilleshiel will be explicitly wanted by PSV
But Heitinga should not have said that, because from that moment it was and is a theme. A theme that will also be explicitly described in the notepadbooks of the spies of PSV, Sunday in Eindhoven in Eindhoven. Because if there is an Achilles heel with an opponent, it will be sought and analyzed until the bone.
PSV, however, lost the head phenomenon Luuk de Jong this summer and that saves a sip on a drink. De Jong made the exorbitant number of eighty head goals in his professional career. This season, the Eindhoven team only scored in the first match against Sparta (6-1) from Corners. Both Ivan Perisic and Yarek Gasiorowski put their heads against a cross from Joey Veerman on 9 August.
Ajax defender and good header Josip Sutalo not yet top fit
Ajax has a good defensive header in the house in Josip Sutalo, were it not for the Croat not yet to be top fit. The center defender missed the first two league matches due to an injury and is now slowly being prepared to play a whole game again. Against Inter, the 25-year-old defender was given ten minutes of playing time.