"Title Ajax favorable for Dutch football '

Where Ajax was done early in the Europa League, the team wintered Phillip Cocu in the Champions League. Especially the diptych against Atlético Madrid took the reigning national championship a lot of energy. PSV came just short of the quarterfinals. Meanwhile benefited Ajax and it has become harder for PSV pieces to prolong the title.

Sour
"It is disappointing that the Champions League for PSV took them strength," said former Feyenoord coach Mario Been. "Dutch clubs still seem to have trouble with a double program. You see it in AZ. In the first half of the season they had a busy schedule with the Europa League there and they took a lot of points before the winter break. It is no coincidence that AZ are more points than up during the first half of the season. The same goes for PSV. Of course the loss against Ajax hit hard, but the most points they have left at the beginning of the competition. "

LACK
It also notes Arnold Bruggink. "PSV have let it lie mainly in the first half of the season against clubs from the right list," says the former striker of Eindhoven. "But I do not think that playing in the Champions League is the main reason that PSV in that period has left many points. There was a lack of scoring ability. Last season PSV had Memphis Depay and Georginio Wijnaldum players that they could build a "buffer". Now every time the difference was only one goal, making clubs like ADO Den Haag and Heracles could come back while PSV is qualitatively stronger. It's not for nothing that they have met Marco van Ginkel it. Who after eight games already five inliggen. "

REMARKABLE

Leg and Bruggink think Ajax's lead does not serve more out of your hands. "And that is quite remarkable," says Bone. "I really thought that PSV would be, because Ajax jaïro riedewald and Kenny Tete saw disappear. I did not expect Mike van der Hoorn and Nick Viergever would do so well. "

For Aad de Mos is Ajax's catch up as no surprise. "Ajax is always in shape during this period of the season. Ajax players are in fact good weather footballers. As the sun begins to shine and the grass begins to grow, flourish Ajax. That was in my time like that. "

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The former coach include Ajax and PSV also thinks that it is better for Dutch football as champion Ajax and PSV second. "I feel that Frank de Boer will remain as coach. At little clubs he like working with Ajax. He knows the club inside out and knows that a talented crop is going to come with players like Abdelhak Nouri and Donny Brook. For them, it is good that Ajax soon certain of the group stage in the Champions League. De Boer would love Ajax European success books and can work there more beautiful if Ajax do not preliminaries to play in the preparation. PSV on the other hand does not have to be afraid of the preliminaries. If they can keep the majority together they have an experienced team that they can qualify for the group stage. "

Bruggink also sees that advantage. "Of course I hope, given my past at the club, PSV champion, but if we ever again with the Netherlands to have two clubs in the group stage of the Champions League, we create more chances as PSV plays in the preliminaries. They have gained the necessary experience and have a mature group of players than Ajax. "

http://www.metronieuws.nl/nieuws/  By: Jeroen Haverkort Photo: Reuters