Arne Slot does not expect to be able to rely on Cyriel Dessers and Reiss Nelson in the home game against SC Cambuur on Sunday. The two retired midweek in a closed exhibition game against Anderlecht. Feyenoord lost that game with large numbers (5-1) and did not communicate a word about it. According to Slot, the result gave ‘a distorted picture’, although he did think that his team was right to fall.
“We played that game because we think it’s important that guys who don’t start at the first and don’t play in the U23 team can make minutes,” Slot clarified during the press conference on Friday. “They will have to be ready to play when asked. Anderlecht played twice for 45 minutes with a mixed team. We came there with our substitutions. 5-1 gave a fairly distorted picture of the game, but it was right that we lost. For next week we are again looking for an opponent, we have not found one yet.”
Slot emphasizes that Philippe Sandler has not made any playing minutes in the exhibition game with Anderlecht. “He is not ready for that yet. He is not ready to play matches yet. I have noticed that the duel was a very tough game for a number of boys physically,” Slot refers to the newcomers. “With one or two players, I had the feeling after five or ten minutes that their game had already lasted ninety minutes. Some boys with a faulty preparation you have to give a little more time. Those boys are aware that they still have to take physical steps. .”
Against Cambuur, Feyenoord has to do without Nelson and Dessers. “Nelson already dropped out before the game during the last training. Dessers was injured during the game. I don’t expect them to be present on Sunday,” said Slot, who told his team against RKC Waalwijk (0-2). unrecognizable’ found without ball. “I have the impression that this is an incident. You can always play less at the ball, I don’t have that much trouble with that. I have made it clear to the players that this is not who they are and they will don’t want to show it.”
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