NOS Voetbal•gisteren, 23:13
Gimenez is not bothered by misses: ‘Every striker misses opportunities, just get used to it’
Santiago Gimenez missed a penalty against RKC on Saturday. The way in which? A panenka. It was not the only miss by the Mexican in Waalwijk, “I am a striker and strikers miss opportunities,” Gimenez responded nonchalantly. “Get used to it. I’ll miss and score.”
Gimenez is joint top scorer in the Premier League with Vangelis Pavlidis. Both scored 13 goals. Gimenez has now failed to score twice in a row, and he also remained goalless against FC Twente last week.
For trainer Arne Slot there is something more going on. “I don’t think he has played well in the last two games. We will have a conversation about that.”
View Slot’s response and the summary of RKC Waalwijk-Feyenoord below.
Gimenez said that the panenka had been in his mind for some time, for variety, because he usually shoots in the corner. “I have practiced it during training. I will continue to train hard to take advantage of the next one.”
“I didn’t know that,” Slot said about his striker’s panenka plan. “Then I would have talked him out of it. This is absolutely the wrong way.”
“The most important thing is that we won,” Gimenez said.
Santiago Gimenez not only caused a stir because of the missed panenka. Last week he hopped like a dinosaur through a Rotterdam park. Watch his explanation below.
Dino in the park? No, it’s Gimenez: ‘We had fun, always celebrate Halloween’
2023-11-04 22:13:05
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