As leader of the Dutch Judel Hato, Jorrel Hato could not restrain himself on Wednesday evening when Jong England took a lead in the 62nd minute in the semi-final of the European Championship under-21. It was a piece of pent -up anger, because the goal hit was the result of what went wrong the entire game. Hato explained in conversation with VI.
‘We always wanted to build on my side, so they always secure us and we quickly came to a long ball. England has two very large central defenders and we don’t have that much length in the front. So they won the first ball, that can happen, but then we have to win the second ball and we did too little. “
Even after a little more than an hour it went wrong that way. RAV van den Berg shifted the game to the front through a long ball, where Thom van Bergen lost the head duel and the midfield of the Dutch Juniors did not succeed in catching the second ball. After that the attack machine of Jong England started to run, Hato could not intervene either. “I got out, I don’t know if I was needed. I still have to look back. I was too late with my tackle and eventually they scored. It starts with that second ball. We really left that, actually the entire game. “
For Hato, after the elimination at the European Championship the Focus can now go on holiday, after which he will report to Ajax again in the preparation. This Sunday, the players who did not play internationally are expected at the club for the necessary tests, after which the first training follows a day later. Ajax plays his first exhibition match on July 5, against Hibernian from Scotland. Due to the second place in the last Eredivisie season, Ajax does not have to play preliminary round football. The first official competition is therefore Telstar-home in the context of the Eredivisie, on 10 August.
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