‘If I play everything back, I would be better off staying on the bench’

The team has missed Godts’ attacking impulses considerably in recent weeks. He ended up playing for just under an hour against Lazio. Was the tank empty? “No, I could continue. I felt there was something more in it. It was a shame that it was already the 57th minute. I would have liked to continue, but this was agreed in advance,” the attacker said after the match.

Godts thought it was logical that he could start. “It felt like I could play for 45 minutes. Then you start at the base or join in later. Later I heard that I could play longer. When that became clear, I thought it was logical that I was in the starting line-up. It is now building up to ninety minutes.”

What Godts has shown before is that he can quickly return to his level after an injury. He also immediately dared to make his moves against Lazio. “I felt free to rest. I had my actions and it felt good. If I don’t do that and play everything back, I would be better off staying on the bench.”

“When I look at myself, I am satisfied that I was able to play for an hour.” Godts continued. “But it was otherwise a frustrating evening. We shouldn’t have lost here. We have to do more with the opportunities we get, because I think it was quite even, although we were sloppy at times.”

One of the journalists in the press room said the word ‘crisis’. Of course, Godts didn’t want to know anything about that. “We do the things we do all season, but it just doesn’t seem as good now. We are still doing well and are not demotivated because the results are not being achieved for a while.”