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Feyenoord will play the final of the play-offs for European football against FC Utrecht on Sunday afternoon at 12:15. The stadium club convincingly beat city rivals Sparta 2-0 last Wednesday and therefore seems to be looking forward to the game with a good feeling. The preliminary relief proceedings between FC Utrecht and the KNVB are scheduled for this afternoon at 14:00, so it remains to be seen whether the match will indeed be played on Sunday.
Trainer Dick Advocaat spoke to the press for the last time this afternoon as a Feyenoord trainer at the press conference. “What is going on now around the match does not disturb the preparation. Not at all. We just assume that we will play on Sunday. If it does come tomorrow, we’ll play tomorrow. We are prepared for both days. We don’t know yet, so there’s little point in saying ‘like that or like this’. I hope we get a good result, but I hope you can’t tell that this is my last game as a club coach. I have shed enough tears, emotions come to me very quickly. ”
” Did I also suffer from that at the Eurovision Song Contest? No, not then, ” laughs Lawyer. “You don’t have to worry about the opponent, you have to prepare well. That’s the most important thing and that’s what we do. We want to end it well, but FC Utrecht wants that too. The strongest wins. I understand that they do everything they can to influence things, but they should not do that to Feyenoord. We have not decided that, have we? They should have beat us too, huh. They assumed that. You shouldn’t worry too much about it. ”
Feyenoord played a draw at home against FC Utrecht (1-1) this season and won 1-2. According to Sinclair Bischop, FC Utrecht has the feeling that they have not received enough in both matches. “They should keep it then.” What do I bring from those matches? That they have achieved few points. ”The team that played against Sparta on Wednesday was perhaps the strongest team that Feyenoord can draw up. Of course Lutsharel Geertruida is not counted due to his injury. Lawyer also agrees. “That was the team in which we started at VVV last season and have put down a very long series. It now also appears that this team is the best. ”
“ Other Guys Could Be Better ”
This season there was some criticism of the reinforcements that Feyenoord brought in. Bishop describes it as ” reinforcements that are not in the base. ” According to Advocaat, this is a bit more nuanced. “We have brought in players. That’s right. In principle, Linssen, and I think Diemers too, did well for their first year at Feyenoord. Those other guys could do better. That could be very different next year. ”
So the lawyer will say goodbye to Feyenoord after Sunday. The duel also means the end of his club career, although you can never know for sure at Advocaat. How does the trainer look back on his time at Feyenoord? “We have all noticed that it doesn’t matter what your name or who you are, that Feyenoord in itself is a very big club. Also a very difficult club for a trainer. Even in the period that we remained unbeaten for 30 games, there was still some criticism. Ultimately, it’s all about the result. That was not only with me, also with Beenhakker and even with Gio. It is a wonderful club to work with with all the trimmings. That was all good, but difficult. ”
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