Feyenoord will play in the semifinals of the Conference League next Thursday, April 28 and May 5. Olympique Marseille is the opponent in this. Feyenoord hopes for the cooperation of the KNVB to get enough rest between matches.
It concerns the duels with Fortuna Sittard (1 May) and PSV (8 May). Feyenoord had also made a request for the game against Utrecht to take action on Saturday evening. That request could not be granted because the municipality of Utrecht did not agree. “We have some other requests. We are looking at whether we can cooperate in the same way as a few years ago,” said the Feyenoord trainer
Slot refers to the fact that a number of Ajax’s Eredivisie matches in 2019 were rescheduled because of the Champions League campaign of the team from Amsterdam, which ultimately ended up in the semi-final of the Champions League.
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Feyenoord can probably use Philippe Sandler for the first time on Sunday. The defender who came over from Manchester City last winter has trained with the group for about two weeks and, if everything continues to go well, will be in the selection for the home game with FC Utrecht. After his arrival, 25-year-old Sandler needed time to become match fit.
“It’s going in the right direction with him,” said trainer Slot. ,,He is one of the six selection players on the bench on Sunday. That shows how close he is to a substitute.”
Slot came with less good news about Guus Til and Alireza Jahanbakhsh. The midfielder and attacker have not trained in recent days and are probably not there against number 7 Utrecht. That also applies to captain Jens Toornstra and reserve captain Justin Bijlow.
Feyenoord is third with five games to go.