Weghorst: “Of course I knew he would disapprove. No, yes, that is a violation,” he says ESPN when seeing the images. He continues: “I don’t give an elbow. I don’t feel like doing this at all,” said a grim Weghorst.
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But after some insistence he goes further. “You know he goes into matches in a certain way. He’s looking for that elbow. I shouldn’t raise that elbow,” he says self-confidently.
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Weghorst: “Ultimately it is a violation. He provoked it cleverly and the referee cleverly went along with it.” The Ajax striker believes that his team played poorly. “This was a bad match. We’re off to a good start. But after that goal we entered a downward spiral. That resulted in a poor performance.”
Weghorst watches it with dismay. “We have to show character. There is a difference in perception. The selection is as it is. It’s just bad. Of course you want to see it positively. But ultimately you miss the urgency in the second half. In today’s football you have to be there.”
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Weghorst also believes that he deserved a penalty in the first half. “This is just a penalty, right? He’s tapping my leg, isn’t he? I’m not a lazy person. If you ask me it’s a penalty.”