“The best free-kick in the Netherlands”: the madness around Zahavi

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Did you think that relegation from the Europa League would take the wind out of his sails? Think again. Eran Zehavi once again showed how hungry he is for goals and once again drove the Netherlands crazy with a big free kick to Ajax’s net. Despite this, PSV had to settle for only 1: 1 with the champion and the leader and missed an opportunity to get closer to it.

In the Dutch “vi” Zehavi was chosen as the best player of the game with a score of 8, while in the “voetbalzone”, Zehavi received the highest score among his friends according to the surfers’ votes – 6.7 – when only Davey Klassen (7.1) and Urian Timber (6.8) from Ajax received a score Higher. “We barely saw him in the first 38 minutes, but then PSV got a free kick and as we have learned in recent weeks, Zahavi is very skilled at them,” the voetbalprimeur wrote. “No doubt he needed time to get used to the Netherlands, but now he feels completely comfortable.”

Rick AlprinkThe reporter wrote to PSV, tweeting: “Eindhoven fought well after a difficult opening and Zahavi will reward her with this free kick. This is a special PSV weapon in the form of the Israeli’s stationary.” Another journalist crowned: “Golden free kick expert. What a great goal of his.” By the way, the game broadcaster himself in the Netherlands announced: “Zahavi is the best free-kicker in the Netherlands.”

With this goal, Zehavi found the net for the third time this season against Ajax and it is a rather rare achievement. The last PSV player to score three goals in one season against the big rival was Jermaine Lance in the 2012/13 season – eight years ago. By the way, before the winter break, Zehavi scored only three goals in 10 games and after that he already has ten in 14 games.

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