Arjen Robben returns to the match selection of FC Groningen, the subtopper announced on Sunday afternoon. The wing attacker has been found fit enough by trainer Danny Buijs for the northern derby with sc Heerenveen. The now 37-year-old Robben made his last playing minutes in the shirt of the Pride of the North. Robben does start on the bench against Heerenveen.
Robben has been increasingly involved in the Groningen group training courses in recent weeks, although Buijs was still a bit tricky at the press conference on Friday in the run-up to the squatter against Heerenveen. “We will train tomorrow (Saturday, ed.) And it is possible that Arjen will say afterwards: I am available, but the chances are that he will not be there against Heerenveen”, the Groningen coach said two days ago. know clear terms. Robben, however, belongs to the competition selection, although a basic place is not yet an option for him.
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The seasoned winger, who returned to Groningen last summer after not having played football for a year, is currently experiencing an extremely difficult season. Due to persistent injuries, the counter is currently only at 44 minutes: 30 against his old club PSV (1-3) and 14 in the game with FC Utrecht (0-0) in October last year. In the meeting with PSV, Robben was forced to leave after half an hour of play, much to the disappointment of the attacker himself. The former winger of Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Chelsea, among others, left the field very disappointed and a little later even the Groningen stadium.
ESPN was able to report on Friday that Robben was aiming for a return to the away game against PSV on Saturday, April 24, a week after the cup final. Despite all the injury problems, Groningen does not intend to cancel the expiring contract of the wing attacker, so there is certainly a chance that Robben can also be admired in the Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadium next season. Former general manager Hans Nijland said on Easter Monday in the online talk show of Football International still that Groningen absolutely has to extend the cooperation with the ex-international of the Dutch by one year.
Line-up FC Groningen: Padt; In Wierik, Dammers, Itakura, Gudmundsson; Van Kaam, El Messaoudi; El Hankouri, Suslov, Da Cruz; Larsen beach
Line-up sc Heerenveen: Mulder; Floranus, Van Hecke, Dresevic, Kaib; Schöne, Halilovic, Joey Veerman; De Jong, Henk Veerman and Van Bergen.