Raphael van der Vaart come out to defend to the death Memphis DePay, who certainly didn’t play a good game in the welcome win against France three days ago and also missed a penalty. The former ‘Orange’ international believes that the former Barça player, now at Atlético, receives more criticism than he deserves and sees him as the best footballer in the country.
“Of course he misses penalties, but it’s also unfortunate that nobody wants to take them or can take them,” Van der Vaart said on NOS’ ‘Studio Football’ show. “Look, I think the same with Messi. He is the best player of all time, but he also missed a lot of penalties. He gets behind the ball every time, but there is no one who says: ‘let me shoot it’ . I’m not comparing Memphis to Messi, but he’s a bit like our Messi”.
“It is true that he had a bad game on Friday, but he is still our best player. And I believe in one thing: if it was Dirk Kuijt, he would receive different comments in the Netherlands. With him it was a bit: you like it or you don’t like it. I want to say that when he plays badly, he immediately takes a beating from everyone. The first one that always gets blamed is Memphis,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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