“That is a great shame,” said coach Robin van Persie during his press conference in De Kuip.
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On the other hand, there is the return of attackers Leo Sauer and Jaden Slory. Sauer missed the game against Telstar, Slory has been missing since mid-October. Canadian Cyle Larin is close to his return, but will still miss the match against PEC Zwolle. The kick-off is Saturday at 9 p.m. in De Kuip.
‘Luciano Valente and Gijs Smal are not going to play everything’
According to Van Persie, Gijs Smal and Luciano Valente were not top fit for the match against Telstar, but they did play. “You can already assume that they will not play everything in the coming weeks,” said Van Persie.
Captain Sem Steijn was on the bench last Sunday, not for the first time this season. “In terms of goals and assists, things are going well, that’s what you expect. But I don’t just look at the goalscorer Sem Steijn. There is growth in certain areas, I expect more in certain areas. I talk to Sem about that very often.”
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Feyenoord awaits away matches next week in the Europa League with the Romanian FCSB (Thursday) and in the Eredivisie with Ajax (Sunday). “It will be a very tough three weeks,” Van Persie said about the period until the winter break.
From December 15, the Rotterdam team will also have to do without Anis Hadj Moussa, Oussama Targhalline and Gaoussou Diarra due to the Africa Cup. Van Persie had mixed feelings about that.
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“It is positive that it is only necessary after the match against Ajax. Then they only have to miss two games instead of three or four. But it remains special that you have to miss three players in the last games of the year. In the bigger picture, I do not understand how it is possible at all,” said Van Persie.
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| Position | Team | P | GS | W | V | G | DS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 37 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | +27 | |
| 2 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | +18 | |
| 3 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | +13 | |
| 4 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | +4 | |
| 5 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | +6 | |
| 6 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | +6 | |
| 7 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | +3 | |
| 8 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | -2 | |
| 9 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | -2 | |
| 10 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | -1 | |
| 11 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | -1 | |
| 12 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | -12 | |
| 13 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | -10 | |
| 14 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | -12 | |
| 15 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | -7 | |
| 16 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | -14 | |
| 17 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | -8 | |
| 18 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | -8 |