Arne Slot explained prior to the Europa League match with Lazio why he starts with Igor Paixão in the base. The 22-year-old Brazilian can show it as a left winger from the first minute in De Kuip. It is the first time that Paixão is in the starting lineup during a Feyenoord duel.
“Igor brings unpredictability,” said Slot in front of the camera of Veronica. “It’s a player who has depth, but also a player who can hurt the opponent in one-on-one, if he’s in shape. And I think he is. That is something a team needs anyway, but if you have to win it is important that you also have such a player on the field.”
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Prior to the duel with Lazio, all scenarios are still possible for the Rotterdam club. If they win by two goals or more, Feyenoord will advance to the knockout phase of the Europa League. A win with one goal difference can also be enough, but then Feyenoord depends on the result at FC Midtjylland against Sturm Graz.
Slot is confident that his team will do what it’s supposed to do. “We will have to be much better than two months ago (when Feyenoord lost 4-2 in Rome, ed.). But I also think we are. Then it was the first European game for a lot of boys. Now it is only the sixth, but I think that as a team we are a lot further than then”, concludes the coach.
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