Player Paul Gladon thinks Fortuna Sittard needs four more points to ensure maintenance in the Eredivisie. “Ultimately it will have to be seen how it will go.”
The Fortuna striker was a guest on Monday evening in the L1 program AvondGasten Sport and spoke about the exciting weeks ahead.
Denouement
The relegation battle in the Eredivisie is approaching its conclusion. Fortuna Sittard is in fifteenth place, a place that is currently sufficient to play in the Eredivisie next season. However, the gap with the competitors is not large. Competitors PEC Zwolle, Sparta Rotterdam and WIllem II are all three points behind the people of Sittard and have a better goal difference. Gladon made a prediction in EveningGuests Sport how many points Fortuna still needs: “With four points, I think you will definitely make it.”
Breakfast
Gladon and his teammates speak regularly about the various programs of the four clubs. “We talk about it at breakfast in the morning. It’s just very difficult to say anything about it, especially when you see that RKC wins 3-1 against FC Groningen on Sunday. So the most important thing remains to score points yourself. to fetch.”
Playoffs
Former football player Tom Daemen agrees with Gladon. “There is nothing to say about those points. It is also a bizarre season when you see that the difference between the two play-offs is small.” With this Daemen refers to the fact that the gap between place eight (play-offs European football) and place sixteen (play-offs promotion/relegation) is only ten points.
flow
Last weekend only Sparta took a point, the other three teams lost. Fortuna Sittard did that against Feyenoord (1-3). “We hoped to get something against Feyenoord, but then you have to be good yourself and the opponent has to leave something behind,” says Gladon, looking back on that game. “We have been in a good flow in recent weeks and got seven points from three games for Feyenoord. So it is nice to play these kinds of games and the feeling in the team is also good.”
Goal difference
On May 15, when the last round is scheduled, goal difference can sometimes become decisive. Fortuna currently has the worst goal difference (-32). Gladon is aware of the poor goal difference. “Suppose a competitor wins in the last round and we lose, then another team passes you on goal difference. That is why we also wanted to take a bonus point against Feyenoord. But we have everything in our own hands.”