Johan Derksen does not think that Arne Slot should come onto the field on Sunday after the friendly match between Feyenoord and Atlético Madrid (2-1). The Feyenoord coach thanked the referees after Atlético Madrid colleague Diego Simeone expressed his dissatisfaction to referee Dennis Higler. Slot then stepped over to Simeone to shake his hand, but was pushed away by a savage Simeone.
“Such a Feyenoord trainer should not interfere with that at all,” Derksen judged on Sunday evening. The the Dutch Summer. “If such a madman comes on the field, you have to distance yourself from it as a Feyenoord trainer. It has no level anyway, come on.” According to the analyst, Simeone’s intensity also has its advantages. “Of course he is a man who keeps his boys very sharp with his attitude. He used to play that way himself.” ?
Arne Slot can laugh at Diego Simeone’s push ???? “I think if no one had been there, I would have had a bigger problem” pic.twitter.com/tcf7LpfXnX
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Players from both clubs were already at each other’s hair during the match. After Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco kicked Tyrell Malacia, Orkun Kökçü intervened and was scratched in the face and grabbed by the neck. The images of the disturbance do not appeal to Derksen. “I think this is such a fuss about nothing. Those hot-tempered boys who tug at each other a bit. They never give anyone a huge blow to the resin, but they tug a little.” He is also cynical about Kökçü’s presence. “Number 10 there again…”
Derksen was already critical in previous broadcasts of the talk show about Feyenoord’s choice to assign Kökçü back number 10. “It’s just a kind of self overestimation. Number 10 really belongs to the best player on the team, but he is not a ‘number 10’ at all and he never will be. I really think: that boy is overestimating himself again. The one with jersey number 10 must be a graceful footballer who stands head and shoulders above the rest.”
Diego Simeone pushes Arne Slot after the last whistle Feyenoord – Atlético
Arne Slot himself could laugh at the incident with Diego Simeone.
Malacia says through the club channels of Feyenoord that he is ‘not so concerned’ about the disturbance. “I also had to hold back a little bit,” he recalls. “He (Ferreira-Carrasco, ed.) kicks after me, the linesman is on top of it and indicates that it is a violation. Then he pushes me. Orkun was right there and pushes him away. Then it went very quickly, stood everyone there and then you just have to stand your ground.”
“I saw that he had a duel with Tyrell (Malacia, ed.)”, Kökçü said about the incident. “He kicks and I thought he wanted to punch Tyrell, so then I thought, I’ll push him away. We both turned a bit, I think. I didn’t feel a hit at all, but he grabbed me, I think. Eventually I felt the sweat burning, so I realized I had been scratched.” After the match, Kökçü was able to put the disturbances into perspective. “It was a nice game, this is what you do it for. I also think that everyone strives to play such games. It feels good, such an intensive game.”