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Wim Kieft is concerned about Santiago Gimenez's dip in form, as he writes in his latest column The Telegraph. The Feyenoord striker has only managed to find the net once in the last nine games and seemed to be completely exhausted last weekend against AZ, when it failed again.
“Every striker at the highest level knows what Gimenez is going through, because every striker has to deal with it,” Kieft writes. “It's the life of a striker that it doesn't work out for a period. Ask Luuk de Jong, Brian Brobbey and Vangelis Pavlidis will also experience it firsthand.”
The pressure during rush hour is simply high, Kieft knows. “Just like a goalkeeper, who is judged on goals conceded. Every miss or mistake is under a magnifying glass. A midfielder can hide nicely, but a striker and a goalkeeper must always be on. They cannot hide.”
Then Kieft, himself a gifted striker in the past, comes with unsolicited advice. “The most important thing in such a phase for a striker is to keep doing the things you have to do. Just perform your tasks and then the moment of scoring will come naturally. In Alkmaar, Gimenez seemed mainly concerned with himself and that concerns the people around you. , irritate your fellow players and your coach.”
“Gimenez's setback is not that strange. In the second half of the season last year and in the autumn of 2023, Gimenez came like a comet. Every ball flew in and if it suddenly doesn't work out, it certainly hits home for a 22-year-old boy. years of uncertainty.”
Gimenez played an important role in Feyenoord's national title last season with fifteen competition goals. The Mexican finished fourth on the top scorers list. This season the counter stands at nineteen competition goals. Gimenez scored twice in the Champions League.
“If you saw him after his substitution at AZ with that hood over his head and in front of his face, it looked as if he had seriously lost his way,” said Kieft. “The high expectations that Gimenez himself has created do not make it easy.”
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