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Feyenoord striker Ayase Ueda was unable to convince in the home match against AS Roma (1-1) on Thursday evening. The 25-year-old Japanese was in the starting line-up, as Santiago Gimenez was not fit enough to start. Ueda was replaced by the Mexican after more than an hour and can count on a lot of criticism for his play against the Romans.
Already at halftime of the game in De Kuip, analyst Wim Kieft had finished his word Veronica. “I have a lot of confidence in Jan Boskamp, so I give him the benefit of the doubt. But that rush hour. I haven't seen it yet…” As an avid fan of Belgian football, Boskamp previously praised Ueda, who was taken over by Feyenoord from Cercle Brugge.
In the AD Football podcast journalist Sjoerd Mossou pointed out as a dissonance in a battered Feyenoord. “The players who had to do it performed very well. Most of them anyway. Ueda was disappointing, but the other ten performed well.”
Ueda is also discussed in the foreign media. SportsMediaset rates the attack leader with a 4.5. “The Japanese striker delivered an elusive performance. Very little.” Football Internationaljournalist Martijn Krabbendam is mild with a 6.
Ueda came over from Cercle last summer for more than 8 million euros, where he managed to find the net quite often. In Rotterdam South, the right foot has only managed to score once in 595 minutes of play.
However, Ueda is on target for Japan. During the Asian Cup last month he scored no fewer than four goals. Ueda currently has 24 international matches, in which he scored 11 times.
It seems that Ueda will have to settle for a place on the bench again in the near future. Gimenez is on his way back after missing the match against Sparta (2-0 win) last week. Feyenoord will have a home match against RKC Waalwijk on Sunday at 4:45 PM.
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