Ajax lost hard against AZ on Wednesday evening: the final score in the AFAS Stadium was 6-0. Afterwards, many players from Fred Grim’s team were criticized, but at Voetbalpraat the focus is on that
” href=”https://www.fcupdate.nl/voetballers/josip-sutalo”>Josip Sutalo, who made a childish mistake in Troy Parrott’s 2-0.
Hans Kraay junior especially thought the central defenders at Ajax were terrible, as he says in Voetbalpraat ESPN. ”The center doesn’t help either. Boss with Itakura is a great center, but Sutalo is terrible. If you have to cover and you turn around twice in one sprint duel, then you are not oriented at all.”
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How is it possible that Sutalo puts in such a good performance for his country? “I think that the national coach of Croatia (Zlatko Dalic, ed.) should be a world coach,” says Kraay. “He makes Borna Sosa look good, Sutalo seems much better with him than with Ajax, Ivanusec is performing well with Croatia. I almost dare not say it, but I think Gerrit Nauber is no less than Sutalo.”
Karim El Ahmadi sees basic things going wrong with the 25-year-old defender. “He has many moments when he sprints out of position and an opponent can become dangerous. This constantly creates a gap. Then he gambles that the ball will reach the player he is running towards.”
Youri Regeer shared afterwards that some harsh words had been said during half-time, but immediately after the two Ajax fell foul of AZ again. According to El Ahmadi, the half-time discussion would not have been so harsh, because the Amsterdammers have no real leaders. Hans Kraay Jr. agrees with this. “Steven Berghuis dares to open his mouth, but he hasn’t played in forever. Jordan Henderson was the absolute boss in the dressing room. Whether it started with the f-word, he was really listened to.” The Englishman now plays for Brentford. A speech can also be expected from Davy Klaassen, Danny Koevermans adds.
