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Leader Feyenoord made a big blow in the title fight on Saturday by beating AZ 2-1. What according to the guests at the table Studio Football What is particularly striking is the mentality of the team. “Feyenoord always plays to win,” said Ibrahim Afellay.
“There is a real chance that they will become champions and that is because of that great mentality,” says Arno Vermeulen. “That fitness, that drive, the will to become champion, those mental aspects. You see that every game.”
“Of the top four, Feyenoord has the least selection in terms of individual quality,” said Afellay. “If Feyenoord becomes champion, that is a world achievement. Then Slot deserves a statue.”
Afellay: ‘Geertruida stood head and shoulders above the rest’
Afellay saw central defender and occasional captain Lutsharel Geertruida against AZ as a star: “Geertruida was head and shoulders above the rest.”
Afellay continues: “Geertruida is developing well. Pavlidis, one of the better strikers in the Netherlands, did not get a foothold, he had no chance. He was always clever in between. He is also comfortable on the ball. confused and always looking for the footballing solution.”
“Will he go right back when the pharmacist is back?” asks Arno Vermeulen, referring to the return of the currently injured defender Gernot Trauner, also called ‘the pharmacist’ because of his ‘ordinary’ appearance, averse to glamour.
“Maybe the pharmacist should take a step back,” said Afellay.
Look below at the regular sections in Studio Football: Final signal about Jordi Cruijff (by Frank Heinen) and De Muurligger about Fortuna coach Julio Velázquez (by Hugo Borst). Check out the discussion at the table about PSV.
