Arne Slot responded to the Europa League draw during the press conference on Friday afternoon. The Feyenoord coach and his team will take on AS Roma in the quarterfinals, last year’s opponent in the Conference League final. For the team from Rotterdam, the duel with the Romans will be a reunion with former players Rick Karsdorp and Georginio Wijnaldum. However, Slot is especially wary of another AS Roma player.
For Feyenoord, it will be the second time in a year that Roma has come out as an opponent in a European competition. After last season’s Conference League final, a place in the last four is now at stake. “I think it’s a beautiful poster,” said Slot. “We have already been to that stadium this season (against Lazio, ed.), I have a slightly less good feeling about it. It is too early to speak of a revenge, because most boys’ match is in the head against Ajax on Sunday.”
Slot believes that José Mourinho has a decent selection at his disposal. “I think we (Mourinho and him, ed.) have similarities, because we both really want to win. I must say that Mourinho has some great players at his disposal. Dybala is a wonderful player that he has brought in. They feel only not always the need to look for the attack. But if you win 2-0 against Sociedad at home, you have indeed played on the attack. They also have the players for that. “
Feyenoord traveled to Rome earlier this season in the group stage of the Europa League for the meeting with Lazio. Slot’s team lost that game without a chance with 4-2. He expects a different atmosphere against AS Roma. “The big difference between Lazio and AS Roma is that when AS Roma plays at home, there are 70,000 spectators who go completely crazy. We played against Lazio this season in front of 13,000 spectators. Nevertheless, we have seen all corners of the field, but We are further than the team we were at the time.”
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