“Very disappointing for everyone”
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Feyenoord Rotterdam broke up with coach Brian Priske. As the reasons, the Eredivisie Club, which surprisingly won 3-0 against FC Bayern in the Champions League three weeks ago, led the very mixed results and a lack of chemistry. The 47-year-old had only taken over in the summer as the successor to the success coach Arne Slot, who was immigrated to FC Liverpool, but there were rumors over a quick end before the success against the Munich.
The background is not necessarily Feyenoord’s performance in the premier class, where the playoffs AC Milan is waiting, but after the coup against Bavaria there was a 1-6 clap at Losc Lille. Rather, the Rotterdamer lag behind their expectations at the national level. In the eredivisia, the gap to defending champion PSV and arch -rival Ajax (both 51 points) is a whopping twelve points. In the cup, Feyenoord recently had to delete the sails in the quarter -finals in Eindhoven (0: 2).
“It is very disappointing for everyone involved that we had to come to this decision. Although Feyenoord with Brian certainly achieved appealing results in the Champions League, the whole thing has been far too shaky in the past few months and unfortunately we see too little structural progress, ”said General Director Dennis Te Kloese. In 33 games, the team under the direction of Priskes scored an average of 1.85 points.
“As a specialist and as a person, I still really appreciate Brian. But sometimes you have to come to the conclusion that despite all the good intentions and good intentions, things don’t work, and from a certain point there is no longer enough support in all areas to continue, ”said Kloese. An interim coach is to be appointed on Tuesday, a day later the playoff first leg against Milan (9 p.m.) is on the schedule.