Feyenoord’s away match against AZ was one with two faces. At times the team from Rotterdam was dominant, especially in the second half, but in the phase before halftime the team had absolutely nothing to contribute. After the matches, This Was The Weekend discussed which players excelled and which fell through the basket.
mourners
Analysts Mario Been and Kenneth Perez agreed on the great star: Gernot Trauner. “I’ve been watching him and he hasn’t done anything wrong,” Been began. “Even at the end, when they started to force and he was alone in the back, he just stood there. He didn’t do stupid things, made no violations, was good in his duels and also built up well. Those are things that be very decisive.”
“Experience and insight”, Perez explained the reliability of the 29-year-old Austrian. “He is really not a special player. You do not go to the stadium especially for Trauner. But today he stood out in the unrest that was there, precisely because he remained so calm. You could clearly see under this pressure which players had a high speed of action. have, and who don’t. Then a few would fall by the wayside.”
rooter
Among others, Orkun Kökcü, the star of the last few weeks, Perez disappointed this time. “People have praised him after his four goals in five games (five out of four, ed.), but today he lost the ball thirty times. For his development, these are the games to show it. In previous games he was the director in midfield and took good free kicks and corners. He didn’t do that now either.”
Lenssen en Til
“Feyenoord has won a lot, but the tandem Bryan Linssen – Guus Til is out of shape”, Perez introduced the following dissonances. “It has always been difficult for Til in the small space, but he is now also becoming too involved in the game. He really just has to leave. Linssen works very hard, but almost nothing comes out.”
Hendrix
Finally, it was about Jorrit Hendrix, who, according to Been, could not absorb the absence of Fredrik Aursnes. “Aursnes is one of the defining players of this Feyenoord for me. He removes so many balls in midfield. Hendrix is not ready for that yet,” he said.
Perez in turn wondered whether Toornstra could not have taken on that role in midfield better. “He is a bit more confident on the ball. Of course, Hendrix got a lot of balls, but almost everything went wide or back. Aursnes is the liaison player and Toornstra could be too.”
