Klaassen and Bergwijn: ‘Nice statement by the Germans’ | football world cup

In the meantime, the sights are set on the second World Cup group match. “The sights are certainly already on Ecuador,” says Davy Klaassen. “It will be a different game than against Senegal. We have seen them against Qatar, but it remains difficult to estimate how they will do against us. One of their strengths is their speed, so we are concerned about that.”

Bergwijn is also wary of Ecuador’s quality. The attacker indicated that it is difficult to play against teams from other parts of the world, which are less well known. “Because you hardly know what to expect and who is going to play. It’s just a good team to play against. We’ve seen some footage. It is a strong team, physically good and they play very directly,” said the attacker of Ajax, who did not think it was surprising that the Orange had had a hard time against Senegal. “I think you may think that Senegal can’t do anything about it, but if you look at where all the players play, in all kinds of top competitions, then we just did well. It’s nice to win the first game. It was a tough match, but all the better if you win.”

Klaassen hopes based

After his good substitution against Senegal, which he crowned with a goal, Klaassen is hopeful that he can start in the base against Ecuador. “You always want to be in the base. Naturally. I think I’m pretty close anyway. I think I played a lot of matches in the base. That can also change again. The national coach is very clear about what he thinks of you and what he wants from you. I hope I’m back in it.”

Klaassen and Bergwijn were impressed by the statement made by the German national team before the first group match against Japan to protest FIFA’s opposition to FIFA’s use of the OneLove bracelet, which would penalize wearing the captain’s armband with a yellow card. The German internationals posed for the team photo with their hands over their mouths as a symbol of the closure of their mouths by the world football association.

Beautiful expression

“I thought it was a nice expression for the OneLove statement, which we wanted to propagate with seven countries. I thought it was a good statement,” said Klaassen, who did not rule out the possibility that the Netherlands will also do something similar. “Of course you remember that you want to make a statement as a group. It must be in a catchy way. What the Germans have done is an original way. original way. We may also do something similar, but we have not yet been able to discuss it with the team.” Although Bergwijn emphasized that he did not want to get too involved in politics, he still agreed with Klaassen’s comment that it was a nice statement.