Friday, May 6, 2022 at 12:12 pm• Mart Oude Nijeweeme • Last update: 12:22

Feyenoord has pointed an accusing finger at Olympique Marseille because of the poor organization around the semifinals in the Conference League. The club is “very displeased and disappointed with this state of affairs.” According to the Rotterdam club, some of the supporters have not been able to see everything of the match due to the poor course of the influx in the branch. “To make matters worse, the outflow of supporters at the branch was also far from flawless, as a result of which many have been stuck in the stadium until deep into the night.”

“First of all, Feyenoord hopes that all the accompanying supporters have reached their destination safely after the game and that they have been able to jointly reminisce about the historic achievement in Marseille”, the club starts positively in a response to the club site. Feyenoord qualified for a European final for the first time in twenty years on Thursday. “The club would like to express its gratitude to all the accompanying supporters who have supported the team in reaching the Conference League final. The club will of course hope for the support of its loyal legion again on Wednesday 25 May in Tirana.”

Feyenoord is not at all pleased with the organization. “Unfortunately, some of the supporters were not able to see everything of the match in the stadium, because of the downright bad progress of the influx in advance in the away section. Not everyone was therefore in on time. And that while it was also had already gone wrong at the fan zone on Prado Beach, where supporters suffered from the aggressive attitude of the authorities when the storm broke out. spent the night stuck in the stadium.”

Feyenoord says it is ‘displeased and disappointed’. “Certainly also because the club has repeatedly expressed its doubts with the organization in advance about the plan of approach regarding the fan zone, the transport to and the procedure in and around the stadium. The club points out that supporters have been endangered by this and the match ( day) as it should be. The club will once again express its displeasure to UEFA. All in all, this has understandably caused a lot of stress and frustration among our fans. We will certainly bring the substandard approach to the attention of the UEFA.”