Coming Wednesday, Feyenoord still has to keep him in check, but the effectiveness of Tammy Abraham has already provided the Rotterdammers with a nice gift on Friday evening. Due to AS Roma’s 3-0 victory over Torino, Feyenoord is assured of participation in the group stage of the Europa League next season.
That’s how it works: the winner of the Conference League (that final will be played on Wednesday between Feyenoord and AS Roma) has a ticket for the group stage of the Europa League. But because AS Roma already secured a Europa League ticket through the Italian league through the victory over Torino (the team finishes fifth or sixth), the Europa League place to be awarded via the Conference League will go to Feyenoord anyway.
A nice boost for the team from Rotterdam, who saw Tammy Abraham score twice against Torino. First, after a pass by Lorenzo Pellegrini, he broke free from two defenders and shot in a controlled manner, and he also showed himself to be an icy cold during a penalty kick shortly afterwards. Abraham waited for the movement of goalkeeper Etrit Berisha and then calmly shot through the middle. Pellegrini determined the final score at 0-3 fifteen minutes before the end.
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Mourinho had not made room for Rick Karsdorp in his starting team for the general against Feyenoord. The former Feyenoord player sat on the bench and was allowed to fill in after an hour. Bryan Cristante, Amadou Diawara, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Stephan El Shaarawy, Chris Smalling and Nicolo Zaniolo also did not get a seat at the kick-off.
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