The away match against Sparta also presented no problems for PSV. After a 0-0 halftime score, PSV eventually won the match 4-0. As for club icons Willy and René Van de Kerkhof, Luuk de Jong also scored a valid goal for PSV before half time. Although it was disallowed on the advice of the VAR because Malik Tillman allegedly committed a foul prior to the goal. Nonsense, say the brothers in the Willy and René Podcast of Omroep Brabant. “A valid goal, done away.”
According to the rules, a goal can be disallowed if a foul is committed by the attacking team ‘in the run-up to the goal’. But that is a strange rule according to the Van de Kerkhof brothers.
“To start with, De Guzman first fouled Tillman,” says Willy. “But other than that, it remains a strange rule. If the attack continues for another fifteen minutes and you only score then, should the goal be disallowed? Or if they had played the ball back once, it would have been good because then there would have been started a new attack. But how far do you have to play back? That rule needs to be adjusted.” Brother René also believes that the referee should not be so easily persuaded by the VAR. “The referee is the boss on the field.”
“I was proud that he played so well.”
Willy and René also return to the strong criticism they had of defender Jordan Teze in last week’s podcast. They then said that Teze often did something in the field and that his game was pitiful. Now they are a lot more positive about Teze. “Credit where credit is due,” says Willy. He played very reasonably against Sevilla and made it 2-2. Against Sparta he was even one of the best on the field. I was even proud that he played so well. That’s how he should play!”
Brother René was just as critical last week and now just as positive about Teze. “He played a great match against Sparta. I thought Schouten was the best on the field, but Teze was really one of the better ones. He even almost shot a ball from very far into the intersection.” The question remains how the brothers’ judgment last week was so critical and now so positive. “Maybe we actually wanted to put him on edge,” laughs Willy.
“Koeman called to ask if he could select my brother.”
In the podcast, the brothers further discuss the personnel problems at Oranje. “Koeman called me to ask if he could select my brother,” says Willy. “He can call me for a party,” René responds. “But we don’t play anymore. It is also about Ajax, which the brothers now feel sorry for. “It’s strange how one German can make such a mess of things in such a short time,” he says, referring to the dismissed technical staff. director Mislintat. “That next match against Utrecht will be a relegation cracker. That’s going to be a game for me!”
“I spoke to my old buddy Hugo Hovenkamp (club icon of AZ, ed.) and he said that we should put up a statue for that Mislintat,” says René. “Because that man single-handedly ruined Ajax.” But René’s gloating has now also made way for pity. “It really takes a while. a few years before there will be a top team there again.”
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