Despite the defeat (0-2) against Benfica in the Champions League, Fred Grim mainly focuses on the performance of Rayane Bounida, one of the highlights of the evening. The Dutch coach believes that the 19-year-old midfielder once again distinguished himself in a challenging European context.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a real Champions League match,\u201d explains Grim. \u201cWe received support from the fans, and the team continued to play despite the tough blows.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although the opening goal quickly went in favor of the Portuguese, Grim claims to have remained attentive to his players’ reactions: \u201cWe had chances to come back, but we ended up conceding the second.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bounida, a Strong Point of the Match<\/strong><\/p>\n The coach did not hesitate to praise the young player of Moroccan descent:<\/p>\n \u201cBounida showed very good things and posed a threat. He left his mark on the match.\u201d<\/p>\n Bounida has indeed been delivering convincing performances in recent weeks, to the point of becoming a serious option for the starting eleven. His ability to create danger, push forward, and take on responsibilities in major matches reinforces Ajax’s decision to trust him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Despite the defeat (0-2) against Benfica in the Champions League, Fred Grim mainly focuses on the performance of Rayane Bounida, one of the highlights of the evening. The Dutch coach believes that the 19-year-old midfielder once again distinguished himself in a challenging European context. \u201cIt was a real Champions League match,\u201d explains Grim. \u201cWe received<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1042,1],"tags":[1372],"class_list":{"0":"post-332686","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uefa-champions-league","8":"category-non-classifiee","9":"tag-champions-league"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332686"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332710,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332686\/revisions\/332710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}