During the international match, Feyenoord played a private practice match against RKC Waalwijk with the remaining players. Partly due to goals from Casper Tengstedt and Gonçalo Borges, that game was won 5-0. Both made the switch from Portugal to Feyenoord this summer, but are still experiencing a difficult first period in Rotterdam. Robin van Persie will talk about it on Friday during the press conference.
Tengstedt was taken over by Feyenoord from SL Benfica last transfer period. Until last week the Dane had to do with raids, but against RKC Waalwijk he was allowed to start the kick -off and he was accurate. “He made two good goals. There could have been three in that game,” Van Persie looks back on last Wednesday’s exhibition game. “You see that Casper is getting fitter now. You can see that during the training sessions and in the way of finishing. That his contact moment is better and makes much more goals during the training sessions than in his first weeks.”
Van Persie asks for the fact that Tengstedt is not yet able to perform at maximum. “We all have to realize, and that I do that for sure that players come in a new country and are not yet completely fit. Certainly in his case that was a little more than usual, because he had just had a holiday of seven weeks. You can train that and he did that, but that is different from playing and training. From the images.
The Feyenoord trainer then also cites the situation of Borges. The Portuguese winger was picked up at FC Porto for a lot of money, but has not been able to show much during his white bread weeks in Rotterdam. “He has played and trained for longer, but you see exactly the same. He comes in a new country and has to get used to another culture, a different way of working and a different way of playing. It’s not right or wrong, but it’s just different from being used to it. That also needs time. In the Netherlands we train hard. He needs longer time than other players. “
