Noa Lang’s behavior sometimes gets in his way. Jan Boskamp, ​​Wesley Sneijder and Andy van der Meijde talk to the 23-year-old attacker about his excess after the derby against Cercle Brugge last weekend (2-2).
“I still know Lang from the youth of Feyenoord”, Boskamp begins at Veronica Offside. “He can play football really well. In recent weeks he has been playing well again and he has another action at home, but last weekend he went crazy. We saw the old Langetje, he was cursing and acting again.”
“You should also not forget that Club Brugge normally plays for the title,” continues Boskamp, ​​referring to the club’s mediocre series. Blauw-Zwart won only one of its last eleven matches in the Jupiler Pro League and is already twenty points behind leader KRC Genk. “At the moment, Lang is the better player. He was adored against Benfica, but the actions he made led to nothing. Then you have to start thinking: am I doing it right?”
It is also about the future of the former Ajax player, who has already made his departure wish known several times. “Where can he go? He was described by Van Gaal as a fantastic substitute,” Sneijder responds. “I think that is his level: against the Orange, but no basis.” Moreover, his outburst of anger does not help him, the record international thinks. “These are things that have to be removed. You can be angry, but you have to do this with your fellow players in the dressing room.”
Van der Meijde emphasizes that Lang is ‘a very sweet boy’. “He doesn’t care about anything, he just does his own thing. It’s also a quality, because Zlatan had that too.”
