PSV became the big winner of the football weekend. The Eindhoven team won with difficulty from Sparta, while leader Ajax and number 3 Feyenoord lost. It was also the weekend of racism down the line and arbitration played a part. Etienne Verhoeff discusses all this with Mikos Gouka and Johan Inan in a new AD Voetbalpodcast.
Ajax dropped points for the second time this season against Go Ahead Eagles. ,,I don’t think Ajax has as wide a selection as everyone thinks”, analyzes Johan Inan. ,,The problems for the club arise when, like now, they change the team in a number of places. It seems to be a mental problem.”
Despite earlier angry words from Erik ten Hag, Ajax loses points again against a small club. The team just doesn’t seem to learn. ,,Ultimately, the trainer is responsible for the mental state of the group”, says Gouka. ,,After a Champions League match, a visit to Deventer is also part of it. If you are going to play in Spain or France, that will also apply in the future. And Go Ahead hasn’t had a very difficult time either.”
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Feyenoord lost to AZ in Alkmaar. Although Feyenoord also seems to have lost itself, Gouka considers. The anger towards referee Higler took the team from Rotterdam out of the game. Also a point of attention for the trainer. ,,Slot is undisputed in De Kuip at the moment. When he says we’re going to play football with a dice, they say: why not? Slot is not such a fan of the arbitration corps in the Netherlands and then reports to the fourth man. The people on the bank also see this and reinforce it. Because Arne Slot is angry, then we are too.”
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