Matthijs de Ligt calls the elimination of Juventus in the Champions League sour. Villarreal scored three times in Turin and De Ligt was involved in a negative way in two goals. A drama week for De Ligt, also because Ajax is disabled.
What went wrong with Villarreals 0-2? “I covered Torres at the corner and thought Morata was heading him away, but you shouldnt think, but do. An expensive lesson? Yes, a very expensive one. This is annoying,” says De Ligt to RTL7. For the 0-3 of Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld, De Ligt made hands, so that the ball went on the dot. “Youre trying to do everything you can to block the ball. Then he comes to you, that sucks.”
The fact is that Juventus has already played out of the Champions League in the eighth straight final for the third time in a row. So the club no longer belongs to the great of the earthen. “No, you can say that. We need to take a critical look at ourselves when you fly out three times in a row in the eighth final. We have to try to find our way up. Things are going well in the competition, but it has to be structurally. How you give away the last twenty minutes is not Juventus-worthy.”
Extra painful is that Ajax was eliminated in the Champions League on Tuesday. “A drama week. Its not what you hoped for beforehand. You know it can happen, but its really annoying.”