Kees van Wenderen believes that the situation Ajax have been in for the past two seasons is not good for the state of Dutch football. The former Go Ahead Eagles and SC Heerenveen coach, among others, also believes that the Amsterdam team is “weak” under new coach Francesco Farioli, but according to him, this is certainly not good news for the Netherlands.
Ajax will be crowned before the age of 36 in 2022.H Dutch champions once in the club's history. Then the Amsterdam team said goodbye to successful coach Erik ten Hag and also saw the departure of a number of strong players. In the next two years, Ajax spent huge amounts of money on new players and also had several coaches at the helm. But the club did not win any trophies. A lot needs to happen if we are to change this season. Defeat in NAC Breda It has been proven once again that the “new” Ajax of Farioli is also weak.
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Van Wunderen will announce that on Sunday evening. Football Studio at least. “It was and still is very weak.“The currently clubless coach responds to Sjoerd van Ramshorst's question about what it means for Ajax to lose to NAC who are not even ready for the Dutch league. “Especially if you don't use or use the tools that make a real difference. We've seen that it's very difficult.“ Farioli also chose to change his lineup in several positions in the first leg against NAC. This time he made no less than eight changes compared to last Thursday's match against Panathinaikos. Although things did not go well, Farioli will do it again.
It is up to the Italian coach to pull Ajax out of the deep end and, according to Van Wenderen, the record champion will hopefully not stay in the job for long. “We shouldn't be happy about that.“says the former Go Ahead Eagles and SC Heerenveen coach about the current situation in Amsterdam. “It is very bad for the Netherlands if the great club Ajax is not in this position, because in the end it is at the expense of“That’s what it looks like. Ajax finished third in the 2022-23 season, but had to settle for fifth last year. The club started the new season with a 1-0 win over Heerenveen, but things went wrong on matchday two.
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