“A nice evening for me personally. Unfortunately we didn’t get any points, but I am very proud to make my debut,” says the 19-year-old midfielder afterwards ESPN. Yet he could have given his debut even more color with a goal. “He really had to go into it. I will hear that from my family. But they are certainly also proud, because I also just came in well, I think. Only unfortunately, no goals and no points.”
Expectations at the name Van der Vaart
“I knew that my father had also made his debut here, so that’s a good coincidence,” continues Van der Vaart. “Although of course my father made his debut for the first time, I don’t have that yet.” Whether it is difficult that the name Van der Vaart creates expectations? “I don’t know how things are different. I grew up with it. I am very proud of what my father did as a football player, but I am going on my own path.”