Alfred Schreuder reassures disappointed Brian Brobbey, Davy Klaassen ‘didn’t really think’ about leaving | Eredivisie

,,We know that Heerenveen can defend very well and then it is nice that it is 2-0 for us after 16 minutes”, said Schreuder. ,,I was able to make a nice change and everyone was eager. You have to. We really do it all together. I will continue to emphasize that.”

Schreuder also sees that some players find it difficult if they are not allowed to appear at the kick-off. Striker Brian Brobbey clearly showed his disappointment on Wednesday when he was only allowed to come in in the final phase. “On the one hand, I understand that,” said Schreuder. “He is still young. But as a trainer I cannot accept that. We talked for a while. But now I found him very passionate again. He’s going to play plenty of games.”

View Brobbey’s reaction about his reserve role here.

Davy Klaassen understands that no club with only eleven players takes prizes. And yet the 29-year-old midfielder is pissed if he is not allowed to appear at the kick-off. He wants to play an away game like Tuesday’s against Liverpool in the Champions League from the first to the last minute. ,,But in the end, the coach decides’, he realizes. “I have to make sure that he can hardly get around me anymore.”

Klaassen was the basic player against Heerenveen for the second league match in a row. He lived up to his nickname of ‘Mister 1-0’ and nodded the opening goal after only 4 minutes. ,,You can train on scoring goals”, the blond midfielder knows. ,,But training on the 1-0 is not possible. Still, I often score the first. That’s right.”

Klaassen played little in the first weeks of the season. “But I didn’t really think about leaving,” he replies. ,,Of course you are sometimes disappointed and you have emotions, but I don’t think it would be useful to leave with a view to the World Cup,” says the 34-time international who played an important role in the plans of national coach Louis van Gaal last year.

Klaassen played a supporting role in the gala performance of the champion of the Netherlands against Rangers FC (4-0) on Wednesday, but he did fill in with passion. It could very well be that trainer Schreuder again opts for a midfield with Edson Álvarez, Steven Berghuis and Kenneth Taylor on Tuesday in Liverpool. Klaassen will not be happy again.

,,If a coach chooses for others, that is not fun for any footballer. That is also not something typically Dutch. Take it from me that Mahrez is also disappointed if he has to sit on the bench at Manchester City. Football players abroad get fewer questions about this because they talk less with the media.”

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