‘FC Twente breaks Ajax open’

FC Twente is going to break Ajax open, thinks Aad de Mos. “They will certainly try that,” says the master forecaster of SoccerNews in Match of the Weekend. He hopes that strongmen such as Sem Steijn and Mees Hilgers will participate. Because only then will Twente have a chance against the revived Ajax.

Match of the Weekend: FC Twente is going to break Ajax open despite a psychological blow in Nice

As a so-called master forecaster, De Mos already knows the outcome, but that does not mean that he will discuss the situation at FC Twente in detail. “The little bit they got at OGC Nice will hit hard,” thinks the former coach. “You drop down the list again in the Europa League and it will be quite a job to get into the first 24. They definitely have to win the next game against Union.”

But first the other next match in the Eredivisie. “Ajax is so well put together at the moment and is an extremely strong team. They are trying to end that series of top matches excellently,” he says in the SoccerNews podcast Match of the Weekend.

Will Hilgers and Steijn help FC Twente win over Ajax?

It will therefore be quite a job for FC Twente in De Grolsch Veste. All odds are against Oosting’s men, but De Mos hints that there are still chances. If Hilgers and Steijn are fit, the chances will even increase. “These are guys who are decisive in the axis of the team. Then they have more choice.”