Ayase Ueda will definitely start in the starting line-up at Feyenoord on Wednesday evening. In the run-up to the match against Atlético Madrid, coach Arne Slot kept no secret as to who will replace Santiago Gimenez at striker. The Mexican has been suspended and was also the subject of discussion during the press moment. In addition to questions about the Japanese, the foreign media were also curious about Gimenez’s development in the Feyenoord shirt.
“It’s always annoying when a striker who is in such good shape cannot participate,” Slot told Spanish media. ”Of course he has scored a lot of goals. At the same time, we have also seen in the past three to four months that we also have an excellent striker behind him on the training field in Ueda. Very annoying that he was injured and had little competition rhythm. But when you’re 25, you’ve played enough football in your life. The question is how he handles the intensity of the match. We can only find out by drafting him, and that’s what we’re going to do. We have every confidence in that.”
Slot is also asked whether it is true that Real Madrid has signed for Gimenez. ”I can’t possibly answer that. He is a very good striker who scores a lot of goals. Besides the fact that he scores a lot of goals, I think his personality is especially impressive, because he never gets distracted when he has missed an opportunity. If he is in the news positively, not, and if he is in the news negatively, not. So for his age he has come a long way in terms of personality. I think, that is an assumption, that to take the next step, he also has to make an impression in Europe. Unfortunately, that won’t be possible tomorrow, but there are still four games after this.”
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2023-10-03 16:07:00
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