Mathijssen after loss in Moldova: “Future top internationals must now stand up” | Red Devils

After exceptionally good results in the previous matches, the boys of national coach Jacky Mathijssen have handed it over in Moldova.

“This is a huge disappointment”, Mathijssen admitted during the virtual press moment after the game. “But that is also part of football. It is now up to us to look for causes and respond in a month (in Bosnia, ed.).”

“With the three points in our pocket, that could have been a relatively easy transfer, with the current situation it is a different story. We ignored the easy path. With a victory we could have approached that match in Bosnia differently. Now it will be. the difficult road. We have given the advantage back to Germany. “

“Now it is up to the players to respond, in the hope that they will learn a lesson from this. The real future A-internationals have to stand up.”

It was remarkable that despite being behind on paper, Jacky Mathijssen probably kept the best 3 players in at half time. Zinho Vanheusden, Alexis Saelemaekers and Antonio Colassin did not enter the field anymore.

“That was agreed in advance and then we have to stick to it, regardless of the circumstances. You have to ensure that the players can return to their clubs safely and healthily.”

“Alexis and Zinho already played an entire game for the Devils last week, so we said they only had to play 45 minutes today. So those changes had nothing to do with the fact that the first half was not good.”