Diemers and Teixeira out of the picture at Feyenoord | Football

sport">Diemers has been playing in De Kuip for a year, after Feyenoord took him over from Fortuna Sittard. Under trainer Dick Advocaat, the midfielder was often a basic player, but after the arrival of Slot he has disappeared from view. When the new trainer had just arrived at Feyenoord, he let Diemers know personally that he did not have to count on a place in the first eleven. “I went to Mark honestly, he liked that,” says Slot.

sport">„When we went further into the preparation, I saw that for his position – attacking midfielder – with Guus Til, Francesco Antonucci and Jens Toornstra we have three players who are directly there. In addition, two young boys, Lennard Hartjes and Antoni Milambo, are also developing very nicely. That’s why I had a conversation with Mark yesterday to share that with him.”

Teixeira no impression

sport">The Portuguese Teixeira came to Feyenoord a year ago, but was unable to make an impression except for a fine debut against Willem II. In the current preparation he is again struggling with injuries. “Joao is also an attacking midfielder,” Slot continues. “Unlike Mark, he was not fit in the pre-season because of a broken toe. At the moment he is not training because he still has some pain. As a result, he has been able to show himself even less.”

sport">Feyenoord will play an important European game on Thursday evening. Nobody in the Netherlands is counting on the Stadionclub not to deal with the puny FC Drita from Kosovo in the return of the second preliminary round of the Conference League. Still, after last week’s disappointing 0-0, it still has to happen in De Kuip, which will finally be reasonably well filled with 25,000 people.

Doomsday scenario against FC Drita?

sport">Slot also refuses to think of a doomsday scenario against the number two in Kosovo, who did not fire a single shot on goal in the first game. “No, we are not thinking about that at all. We didn’t play well last week and we have to do a lot better now, but I trust that.”

sport">New arrival Alireza Jahanbakhsh may be in the game, but Slot doesn’t know yet if that will be from the start. Austrian defender Gernot Trauner is not yet participating.

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