One of Feyenoord’s direct competitors, PSV, played away game in Arnhem against Vitesse earlier in the day. The team of coach Ruud van Nistelrooij got no further than a disappointing 1-1 against the number 14 of the Eredivisie. Feyenoord’s win over Ajax has increased the gap with PSV to eight points.
In conversation with the Eindhovens Dagblad, a disappointed Xavi Simons looks back on the match with Vitesse. ‘Then you think: we’ve got it. But the mentality should not and cannot be like this: after that 1-0, you have to make 2-0, 3-0, 4-0.’
Where it often succeeds this season is in Rotterdam, at Feyenoord. And that has not gone unnoticed by the 19-year-old dribbler. You can see that we are missing something. If you look at Feyenoord: it is really beautiful how they play football. That intensity…’, says Xavi Simons.
