John van’t Schip, coach of the Dutch club, granted three days of rest this week
Ajax’s season has been a real rollercoaster and, after occupying the last places in the Eredivisie table, the Amsterdam giant is now breathing better, in 5th place, after having achieved some victories. Still, the recent moment is not positive, with the team registering just one victory in the last six games. After the defeat against AZ Alkmaar, on Sunday, coach John van’t Schip decided to give two days off, Monday and Tuesday, starting on Wednesday the preparation for the game against Utrecht, on Sunday.
However, according to Dutch ESPN, after training on Thursday, the Dutch coach surprised the players and gave them Friday off, a decision that the squad found strange and did not accept in the best way. In such a way that, reports the same source, some Ajax players decided to attend the club’s training center this Friday and trained… alone.
Van’t Schip’s controversial decision generated a lot of criticism from Ajax fans, especially because, against AZ, the team played, for the first time this season, in a 5x4x1 system, which the coach himself admitted to having tried only once. …
