Arne Slot will join Mats Wieffer on Thursday evening during Feyenoord’s crucial Europa League match with Lazio, it is expected. General Newspaper. Everything is still possible in Group F and the coach of the Rotterdam club chooses in this game to start with the 22-year-old midfielder, who came over from Excelsior this summer. Striking: Wieffer has played only 84 minutes so far this season.
In the back, Feyenoord plays with the same defense as during the disappointing defeat at Sturm Graz (1-0) last week. Justin Bijlow is on duty as usual on target. The 24-year-old keeper hopes to go to the World Cup in Qatar with the the Dutch in three weeks. Lutsharel Geertruida plays as right back, while Gernot Trauner and Dávid Hancko form the central duo. Peruvian Marcos López has to defend the left flank.
During the press conference, Slot already revealed that he would go for a surprise in his starting eleven. “I think tomorrow (Thursday, ed.) there will be a player on the field that not everyone will expect. I’m not going to say who that is.” Journalist Mikos Gouka thinks he knows: Wieffer. For the Borne-born midfielder, it would mean his basic debut for Feyenoord. Captain Orkun Kökçü and Quinten Timber complement the midfield, although Sebastian Szymanski is expected to regularly serve as a sort of fourth midfielder.
In the front, Feyenoord starts on paper with Javairô Dilrosun, Danilo and Szymanski. The Pole will therefore often drop a line back, just like in previous duels this season. As a result, Dilrosun and Danilo would be the most attacking players on the Rotterdam side. The usually reliable 1908.nl thinks he knows that Slot wants to experiment with this formation in the short term, but with strikers Danilo and Santiago Giménez as the front two names. Whether that will be the case on Thursday evening remains to be seen. The match in De Kuip starts at 6.45 pm and will be broadcast on Veronica and ESPN 2.
Probable line-up Feyenoord: Bijlow; Geertruida, Trauner, Hancko, Lopez; Wieffer, Kokcu, Timber; Dilrosun, Danilo, Szymanski.