Feyenoord has washed away the hangover from the elimination in the Champions League Preliminary Round on Saturday. The Rotterdam Team Booked a Difficult Victory at Promed Excelsior: 1-2.
Feyenoord Lost 5-2 at Fenerbahçe on Tuesday Evening, which Robin van Persie’s team was Eliminated in the Third Prelimary Round of the Champions League The 2-1 Victory in the First Leg. As a result, Feyenoord will have to make do with Europa League football this season.
Van Persie decided not to tinker with the team that started in Istanbul. He saw his team recover at Woudestein, but it wasn’t easy. Feyenoord Fell Before Half-Time and Were Lucky After the Break with A 1-2 Lead, When Excelsior Hit The Post Twice.
But Feyenoord Stood Firm and Tok The Victory. The Rotterdam Team is Still Flawless in the Eredivisie After Two League Matches. Last week, Van Persie’s team won 2-0 Against NAC. The Promoted Excelsior is at the Bottom After Two Matches Without Any Points.
Sluggish Feyenoord Behind
For van Persie, The Match at Woudestein was special. He returned to the club where he played in the Youth Between 1988 and 1996 and where one of the stands is Named After Him. But in the opening phase, van Persie Will Mainly Have Been Annoyed. That had everything to do with the sluggish performance of his team.
Excelsior’s opening goal was Typical in That Regard. Quinten Timber was Far Too Easily Dispossessed, After which Excelsior Came Into A Promising Position. Goalkeeper Timon Wellenreuther then Didn’t Look his best at the (accurate) Shot from Derensili Sanches Fernandes.
The Rotterdam Team Quickly Turned the Match Around. First Ueda Scored, Who was Able to Head in a Rebound After Timber was stopped by Excelsior goalkeeper Calvin Raatsie. Sem Steijn Made It 1-2 After More Than Half An Hour. The Midfielder Received the Ball on His Chest and Shot Controlled with his Left.
Feyenoord had Repaired the Damage Before Half-Time, Without The Team Playing Great. However, it did get opportunities to run further away. But Ueda Missed Face with Raatsie and a Header from Defender Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Who was accurate Twice Against Fenerbahçe, was cleared off the line.
Zagré and de Regt hit the post
The opening phase of the second half was a copy of the first half. Excelsior started more fiercey and feyenoord looked listless. It led to some Kralingse Attacks and Even A Chance for the Contractless Mike Van Duinen, WHO Failed.
Meanwhile, Feyenoord Did Get Several nice opportunities to finish the match. Substitute Gijs Smal Came Up Against Raatsie in a Promising Position. A free kick from Steijn gets used into the side netting and not long after, Timber Shot an indirect free kick from About ten meters high over the goal.
So it remained exciting in Kralingen, where Excelsior Increasingly Started to Believe in An UpSet. It was close to the team Actual Making IT 2-2. Arthur Zagré hit the post with a volley, after which Gyan de Regt Could tap the rebound into an empty goal. But he also shot at the post.
Feyenoord took the three points, but there is still much to be criticized about the Rotterdam team’s game.