Slot: “I think it is premature to formulate a goal now”

With the start of the Eredivisie in sight, it seems to be going in the right direction with Feyenoord. The team booked a convincing European win against FC Lucerne and also put down a stunt against the Spanish national champions Atlético Madrid. However, trainer Arne Slot still finds it difficult to indicate where the team is at the moment.

“Can you say where you stand now?” Slot repeats the question that was asked at the press conference. “Somewhere, yes. The moment we do things right, we are apparently capable of good results,” he refers to the victories over Lucerne and Atlético. “But I have already said that it is still balancing on a thin line. We are not yet so far that you know for sure in advance that it will be the display I expect from the boys.”

Slot includes the lesser matches against FC Drita and ADO Den Haag. “You can’t show the capriciousness better than by comparing our last games. The fact is that they are at least physically able to work incredibly hard every three games, because I thought they did that well against Drita. “I can definitely see the physical development. Playing without the ball is also going very well. The game on the ball, for example, was still far from perfect against Atlético. In the build-up I saw a number of things there that only just ended well. “

Goal
At the moment, Slot still finds it difficult to formulate a concrete objective. When the word ‘championship’ is mentioned, he starts laughing. “At the moment we have not yet formulated a target, because we are also very curious about how we will stand at the end of the transfer period. And also how that will be for our competitors.”

“We will first have to become a team where teams are very difficult to beat,” the coach continues. “We are working very hard on that now. If we also start playing better football, then we will see what we are capable of. But to make a statement now about where we are at the end of the year, I think I’m very premature.”