“You have different ways of playing football,” Fred Grim explains during the press conference after the win over Feyenoord. Ajax’s interim coach had his team operate in a 5-4-1 formation. “We knew that Feyenoord would have difficulty with this. They could not get through now and therefore had to play from the outside.”
Mister 1-0
In addition to Grim’s tactical plan, Davy Klaassen’s input was also extremely important. The experienced midfielder once again lived up to his nickname ‘mister 1-0’. “I always try to be in the right place,” Klaassen said about the opening goal.
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