In De Oosttribune, Jan van Staa, Tijmen van Wissing and Gertjan Verbeek discuss the match of FC Twente against AZ. A nice duel between teams that, according to Van Staa, are comparable to each other.
Gertjan Verbeek responds to the question whether AZ has started playing football differently now that Dries Martens is at the helm in Alkmaar. “They have a different interpretation of players. On the right they moved Mijnands to the right wing position. They had a lot of changes there. They didn’t get along well with that. Then Mijnands came to play there as a kind of extra midfielder, which means that the back is constantly forced to play. to make a choice. Do I go into midfield? Yes, then Sugawara comes rushing over. And if I stay in position, who will pick him up? That has caused problems for many teams.”
Verbeek sees that AZ now has stability in the team. “Mijnands has grown in that role. It was always a 10. Pascal Jansen lost track a bit. De Wit out, Mijnands in. The consistency was gone at AZ, which meant their performance was inconsistent. Now they can fall back on fixed patterns. As FC Twente, you have to find a good solution, because I find their right side in particular with Sugaware thundering over it more dangerous than the left side,” said Verbeek.
Jan van Staa also contributes. “What he says with that covering, when and when not? FC Twente actually does the same with the Vlap on the left. It is similar and that is why they are very close to each other,” to which Van Wissing interrupts. “Dani de Wit is of course very important with his 10 goals and then of course you have Pavlidis.”
