Joeri Heerkens is happy that Jong Ajax won, despite the fact that it was the inferior team. The goalkeeper excelled with his saves and kept Willem Weijs’ team in the match on a number of occasions. Jong Ajax managed to win 1-2 on a visit to Jong AZ. Heerkens is also asked about the upcoming transfer of Maximilian Ibrahimovic.
Heerkens had a lot to do against Jong AZ. Is it extra nice to win? “If it falls in the right direction, it is of course nice,” the goalkeeper begins in front of the camera ESPN. ‘I also like an evening where I maybe make one save, keep a clean sheet and win easily. It’s nice when you win these kinds of competitions.’
Young Ajax did not play its best match and Heerkens analyzes the game. ‘In the beginning it was difficult to hold the ball. When we played underneath, we immediately created opportunities, but we also made a lot of sloppiness. I’m just very happy that we got this over the line as a team. I don’t think we were the better team, but we were the team that wanted to win the most.’
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Heerkens was important with his saves. He kept Jong Ajax on their feet against Jong AZ. Will he review his saves? ‘I watch a lot of images, not just the rescues. I’m going to look more at the images about the things that could be improved. In any case, I watch all the images again and several times,” the goalkeeper said.
It is not self-evident that Young Ajax wins these kinds of difficult matches, as Heerkens also knows. ‘Winning a match, while we are in this phase as a team, is very nice. We have also had many times this season where we were the better team and had many chances, but we did not win the game. It’s nice that we still win the match with relatively fewer chances.’
The goalkeeper is also asked about Ibrahimovic’s upcoming transfer. Heerkens doesn’t seem to know about it yet. ‘I actually have very little to say about it. If he came, great. I don’t know what he is like or how good he is. If he comes to Ajax, he will probably be good. Every player with quality is welcome, of course.’
