Whether Cyriel Dessers couldn’t just call his boss to ask for time off so that he could attend the away game against Olympique Marseille? Feyenoord fan Remco Ravenhorst made that request on April 15 after it became clear that Feyenoord had qualified for the semifinals of the Conference League at the expense of Slavia Prague.
“Hello Mr. Cyriel Dessers, Conference League great. The flight for Marseille is booked. But after Schruns, Pristina, Lucerne, Boras, Berlin, Prague, Marbella, Belgrade and Prague again, I still need some explanation at work. Will you join me in my leave request?”, the fan addressed Dessers.
The Feyenoord striker was not the most difficult: “I’ll call your boss, no problem,” said the striker, who was again important for Feyenoord yesterday by scoring twice against Olympique Marseille (3-2). “But Feyenoord is not there yet and so the Rotterdammers can use all the support in Marseille. With that explanation, the boss of the Feyenoord fan could of course not say no anymore. After all, you do not get the Feyenoord striker on the line every day.. .