It’s not going well for Telstar this season. After injury waves and a corona wave, the White Lions now with a flu wave. “Eight players suffer from a cold and sore throat. We are going to cut and puzzle again”, coach Andries Jonker looked ahead at tonight’s game with Jong AZ.
Telstar did well in the match against TOP Oss, but now has the following problem. “We have had consultations with the doctor,” Jonker explains the situation. “At least it is not covid this time. Some players have been sent home, some have stayed at home and others have brought it up to train anyway. So it is again puzzling who is able to play and who has a piece can participate.”
Jonker confirms that there are a number of basic players in the eight. “Now you have to ask yourself again whether they can take action. Behind them are guys who were on the bench on Friday, who still came in. Those players can’t actually start such a game. We are going to cut and puzzle again.”
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In the duel with TOP Oss, intended basic players Glynor Plet, Tom Overtoom and Siebe Vandermeulen were on the bench. “They are not all fit. A few are there because he has simply lost his place. There are also a number of players on the bench for physical reasons, who are on their way back. They can come in, but not start the game, otherwise you have to change them again at half time.”
“At Plet it is more a matter of weighing up with these kinds of matches in close succession,” the trainer continues about the striker. “It depends on which game you want to use him in. He will play in any case.” According to Jonker, duels with Jong AZ are always ‘interesting fights’. “It is a bit of prestige duels, where AZ always blows up. We see the challenge to win against the big AZ, even if it is Young AZ. It is still your honor to lose from that.”
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The edition earlier this season was dominated by Louis van Gaal. The former Telstar player and national coach of Orange returned once in Velsen-Zuid as head coach. He coached the White Lions in September to a victory† “That was a great day, we played as number eighteen against the leader. At the time it was also a challenging fight for the points that was fortunately settled in our favor. It was fantastic that that happened with Louis van Gaal. People will not soon forget that game .”
Last Friday, Telstar’s trainer indicated afterwards that his team did not do enough with the crosses. “We can’t pay extra attention to that, because we’ve been doing that for months,” said Jonker. “It is implicit in our playing that we are looking for the cross, if you want to reward yourself you have to shoot it. That partly explains why we are low in the rankings and also why we are champions of draws. More than any other club in the We played professional football right up to now.”
Jong AZ – Telstar, just like Jong Ajax – ADO Den Haag, can be followed live on the radio tonight. The extra broadcast of NH Sport starts at 7 p.m.