The Mexican contributed two goals and one assist to start the season with a title.
With a double and an assist, the Mexican Santiago Gimenez He emerged as the most important man in the Feyenoord to defeat in the Dutch Super Cup al PSV Eindhovenwho fell on penalties after a draw (4-4) with which they closed a winning streak of three consecutive titles between 2021 and 2023.
Feyenoord celebrates the Dutch Super Cup. EFE/EPA/OLAF KRAAK
Giménez He found his way back to scoring after a drought of almost three months. He had not scored since May 5, when he scored twice in the Eredivisie against Zwolle. Afterwards, he was injured for the last two matches of the Dutch League, he was unable to score in the two friendlies that Mexico played against Uruguay and Brazil, nor in the Copa América, and neither in the only summer match in which he has participated with his club against Benfica.
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Although he only scored from the penalty spot, the 1-1 goal after half an hour to respond to Noa Lang’s opening goal, and the 2-3, also from the eleven meters to tie the game, he was key with an assist with which Bart Nieuwkoop made it 1-2.
On the other side, the PSVchampion of the League last season, resisted losing thanks to the persistence of Luuk de Jong, who scored the 2-2 and the 4-4, the last one on the last minute, also from a penalty, and which caused the Dutch Super Cupwithout extra time, was decided from the eleven meters.
In them, the Feyenoord was much more accurate, converting all four of his shots (Lutsarel Geertruida, Ayase Ueda, David Hancko and Luka Ivanusec) and the PSVwith errors from Johan Bakayoko and Malik Tillman, gave up their scepter to allow the team led by Brian Priske to lift their sixth title in history six years after the last one they won in 2018.
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