“It’s good that I get to that position and create opportunities. Today it just didn’t work. I just have to stay calm and do my thing at that kind of moments,” Steijn told in a first reaction Ziggo Sport.
Second False Start Feyenoord in Europe: Aston Villa wins in De Kuip
Steijn had seen that he was not the only Feyenoorder who failed Villa in the finish. “In the first half we should have just scored and shortly after the break. Then such a game runs differently. I stood with the goosebumps on the field, because of the way we fought for each other.”
Recovered Sem Steijn
Four days earlier, Steijn had to skip the away match against FC Groningen in the Eredivisie because he was sick. He had recovered on time. “That is also necessary, if you have to come at this pace today. If you look at the bodies that the guests have. Then you have to work. At one point the pipe was empty. I think I played a great game football,” De Feyenoorder said at a press conference after the duel. “I have a lot of confidence about this for the upcoming competitions.”
Steijn complained last week after the defeat at SC Braga about the selfish game of some teammates. “I briefly talked about it with the trainer and also with the fellow players. We didn’t make it bigger than it is.”
Robin van Persie
Trainer Robin van Persie made his team a big compliment in the Europa League after the home defeat against Aston Villa (0-2). “Normally you don’t get that many chances against such a team. We do today, at least eight. I really saw a very good Feyenoord,” said the former striker at a press conference in De Kuip.
Van Persie is not worried about the many missed opportunities. “They will go in next time. I am convinced that we have played well. We played well, that is what I am looking at. It was not good against Braga last week, from that point of view I really saw a reaction.”