Willem van Hanegem is surprised about the statements of Steven Berghuis after the Feyenoord – Ajax (0-2). In front of ‘s camera ESPN Berghuis expressed his frustrations about statements that former assistant coach Cor Pot of Feyenoord made in the last months of last season. Pot’s statements caused a lot of dissatisfaction with the attacker of Ajax. Van Hanegem believes that Berghuis should have spoken out about the matter earlier. Arbitrator Dennis Higler is also heavily criticized.
“Feyenoord against Ajax, it was really not to be seen”, Van Hanegem begins in his column in the General Newspaper. “I actually only thought referee Dennis Higler was worse. Why he had to whistle The Classic is a mystery to me. When he saw Antony pat Tyrell Malacia on the head and thought it was fine, I knew enough. It would be an afternoon of haggling and he never took that feeling away.”
Steven Berghuis about frustrations at Feyenoord last season: “I mean Cor Pot, he made it very difficult for me”
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“I also got a bad feeling with Steven Berghuis”, continues the curve. “Last week I shouted that he shouldn’t look it up himself in terms of behavior, but when I see him in front of the cameras afterwards, I wonder what his intention was exactly. They had made it so difficult for him, especially Cor Pot, he wailed. Well, let’s reiterate one thing. As with Feyenoord, Berghuis really doesn’t get it anywhere. Never. He was God there in France. Even if he didn’t participate, his teammates didn’t dare take free kicks anymore because then he could have gotten angry.”
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“I have been calling for weeks to leave Berghuis alone, that threats are too crazy for words and that is still the case. But Berghuis should have had his say last year when he played for Feyenoord. No, then it was one group and the media beat everything up. Now he’s gone, he comes back to the Kuip as an Ajax player, he doesn’t show anything at all, carefully kicked the ball away after his substitution and then he also comes over to tell you who it was and wasn’t in last year the tub. And the reporting about his person, there was a lot wrong with that. Well, no. You move from Feyenoord to Ajax, only that is where the anger is with many people”, concludes Van Hanegem.
Berghuis was asked afterwards whether he is still ‘the rascal’ he used to be in the service of Ajax. “That is still there and I think it will never go away,” says Berghuis, who has not yet picked up a card in 23 official matches for Ajax, but was thrown off the receipt at Feyenoord on average every 6 matches. “Last year we lost more often than we won and there was a lot of frustration throughout the team. Also by a number of people who have stirred in the media in recent weeks. And I actually mean Cor Pot.”
