Alireza Jahanbakhsh was injured on Thursday evening on the stroke of half-time in the game in the preliminary round of the Conference League between Feyenoord and FC Luzern. The striker had already scored two goals, giving Feyenoord a 2-0 lead. Five minutes after his second goal, the Iranian went to the ground, grabbed his groin and had to stop the game. Robert Bozeník then came in.
In the ninth minute of play, Jahanbakhsh opened the score in De Kuip on a pass from Luis Sinistierra. The striker escaped the attention of the Swiss defense and finished face to face with goalkeeper Vaso Vasic in a cool way. It was his first goal in Feyenoord’s shirt. The second goal was also of great beauty, as he put his team at 2-0 with a cannonball. In the 42nd minute, disaster struck and the best player had to be replaced by Bozeník.
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“He’s lived up to expectations, hasn’t he?” Mario Been reacts in the break. “The second goal in particular was really great. He is in the game well and kicks it in really nicely. He was also searching, but by playing matches he takes that form. Feyenoord also has little to fear from FC Luzern, but that is also the merit of Feyenoord.” Marciano Vink is also very pleased with the game that Jahanbakhsh put on the mat until his substitution.
“You saw that he had a lot of trouble with the pace in the first games he played. And then he especially struggled with the lack of refined coordination. He often tripped over the ball and just wasn’t right in it. This is really the first game that I Jahanbakhsh just do everything right ninety percent of the time. With that first goal he used his speed fantastic and finished well with the inside,” said Vink, who calls the attacker “a real quality player”.
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