Ajax captain Davy Klaassen lands a blow: ‘If I compare it with Vojvodina and Shelbourne, PEC Zwolle are…’ | Goal.com
Davy Klaassen looked back on Ajax's first Eredivisie match of the season with mixed feelings. They struggled badly away to PEC Zwolle, but late goals from Jorthy Mokio and Julian Brandt still sealed a 0-2 win.
"Today we were not as good as we want to be," the Ajax captain said realistically in conversation with Cristian Willaert of ESPN. "There was too little surprise in our play. Today, just like last week, you get away with it. But it was not how we wanted it to be."
He also admitted Sherell Floranus's red card helped Ajax over the line. "The football today was definitely worse than in many matches we have played before this."
PEC Zwolle, Klaassen feels, are also a level above FK Vojvodina and Shelbourne FC, who Ajax faced in the qualifying rounds of the Conference League. "If I compare them with Vojvodina and Shelbourne, PEC Zwolle are simply a lot better," was his brutally honest verdict on the opponents from Serbia and Ireland.
Next Thursday, Ajax still have to finish the job against Shelbourne in the return leg, but Klaassen's comments suggest he is not expecting too many problems. The Amsterdam side are defending a 3-1 lead.
Against Shelbourne in last Thursday's first leg, Míchel's side created chance after chance, but Sunday brought a very different test against PEC. Klaassen said Mika Godts being forced off certainly played a part. "We lacked depth on the pitch. We also discussed that at half-time, that we had to put more pressure on their back line through our runs. We did that better in the second half."
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