Willem II vs Ajax Match Preview
Ajax played very well in their Europa League match against Spartak Moscow on Thursday, but the Amsterdam club missed a handful of chances to score and eventually lost 1-0 due to a rare Spartak counter attack.“We did a good job, but we should have scored”, coach Frank de Boer said. “Now it’s up to the players to show the same game against Willem II on Sunday. If they don’t do that, we’ll be in trouble again. But I think we are doing pretty well and if we continue like this, good things will happen.”
De Boer did not want to reveal whether he would include Mounir El Hamdaoui in his squad for the league match against Willem II. The striker missed the match against AZ last week as well as the match against Spartak Moscow, because he’s had a quarrel with the coach during the 5-1 win over RKC Waalwijk in the Dutch Cup semifinal the week before. “Without him, we did well against AZ last week”, De Boer said. “He’s a good player, but he’ll have to proof that when he comes back.”
Bottom-ranked Willem only won seven of 36 Eredivisie home matches against Ajax. This season Ajax beat Willem II 2-0 in Amsterdam. Luis Suarez, who moved to Liverpool in the winter break, scored both goals from penalties.