Hancko trains again on Saturday; Stengs and Nieuwkoop are not available

Feyenoord’s Calvin Stengs and Bart Nieuwkoop will still be unavailable against FC Twente on Sunday. The latter was a doubt for the game against the Tukkers. Trainer Brian Priske announced that both players will not be able to play any minutes in the scrimmage on Sunday afternoon. David Hancko is expected to start. The Slovak did not train with the group of players on Friday.

“David is a warrior and he wants to play every second of the game,” Priske said at De Kuip’s press time. “You saw that for yourself last year. He was one of the players who played the most minutes. Hancko missed the game against Girona, but I expect him to be ready again on Sunday. Two players were not on the field today and did recovery training in the gym; that was Hancko and Lotomba.

Bart Nieuwkoop cannot return to Feyenoord this weekend. “That will be after the international break. Bart was on the training ground today, but Sunday is still too early.”Furthermore, it is not yet known when Calvin Stengs will train at Feyenoord again. The Rotterdam team are careful with the creative midfielder and do not want any obstacles in his recovery. “We hope Calvin will be back next time. We’re taking our time with him, so I don’t expect anything in the coming weeks.”

Priske understands that the away win against Girona FC is good for self-confidence. However, he does not want to make the product too big. “They have the same mentality that they have had all season. We know it was an important and good victory, but at the same time the focus immediately went back to the Eredivisie. and Quilindschy Hartman.