has returned to the criticism he received from Peter Bosz. The analyst of ESPN caused Bosz’s irritation by accusing the PSV coach of an ‘act’.
Bosz said, after the 3-1 defeat in De Goffert at NEC, that he found his players haughty and arrogant in the match. Perez thought it looked a bit like an act, the analyst said on Sunday evening This was the Weekend. Bosz, in turn, explained on Monday that he does not recognize that at all. Bosz would also have liked Perez to have already expressed his criticism on Saturday, because the analyst watched live while Bosz made his statements.
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“I understand that he finds it annoying that many people, not just me, accuse him of an act,” Perez added on Monday evening. Football talk back to the matter. “I thought he emphasized it so much, even though it was completely wrong (that PSV appeared arrogant, ed.). His own player Jerdy Schouten distanced himself from it at the press conference. I understand that it’s annoying when people think that about you. I also understand very well that he says that I was wrong and did not say it at the time.”
For the viewer, Perez provides some context about the usual practices surrounding interviews. “After the match we go into the catacombs and stand by a screen. There I am with a presenter, in this case Milan van Dongen. Then a player or a trainer comes. Then the analyst disappears and you have no role. I was behind it. I wanted to get involved, but you don’t even have a microphone. That is the context,” he explains. “If I had been there, I would have wanted to discuss it with Bosz. We only have that option before the match, not after. I understand that Bosz felt that I should have said it, but he also saw that I was not part of the broadcast.”
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