Blow for Míchel

The victory of Ajaxyesterday before him AZ Alkmaar in the Eredivisie, it had its B side. The three very valuable points added thanks to a goal from Tolu Arokodare, which placed Michel’s team just one behind the leader, Feyenoord, were overshadowed by the injury of the German Julian Brandt, one of its best players and who was forced to leave the field after 35 minutes of the match.

After the match, Míchel spoke on ESPN about the injury to the midfielder, who was replaced by Oscar Gloukh: “Brandt was not feeling well and finally asked to be substituted. We are going to evaluate the severity of the injury. We hope it is not important, but he was not well.” Then, he wanted to downplay his prognosis: “He started to feel discomfort from the beginning and couldn’t accelerate. He knows his body well and wanted to prevent the situation from getting worse.”

In sports, Michel wanted to highlight the victory against AZ, the first in twelve direct confrontations. “AZ is a great team,” Míchel began his analysis on ESPN. “We had not beaten them in more than five years and they are a very well-coordinated team that has been operating in the same way for years.”