Feyenoord thinks about the Europa League and saves Santiago Giménez against Sparta Rotterdam

Although Santiago Gimenez He is not going through his best football moment At Feyenoord they decided to give him a rest this Sunday to try to count on him to the maximum of his conditions for the match they will play on Thursday against AS Roma corresponding to the Europa League.

The Mexican forward presents a muscular overload Therefore, Feyenoord’s technical director, Arne Slot, decided at the last minute to leave him out of the match that his team played this Sunday against Sparta Rotterdam for matchday 21 of the Netherlands Eredivisie where they are second.

“Bebote” has accumulated five consecutive games without being able to shake the nets, which has set off alarms in Feyenoord, which has its main offensive weapon in the Mexican striker. However, in this downturn for Santiago Giménez, his team has managed to achieve good results.

“Statistics confirm that still working hard does not make you less, but you cannot give a 100 percent answer about that (their drought). “Everywhere in the world, star players have periods of poor performances.”Slot recently commented on the Mexican’s moment.

Since he scored a goal for the last time, on January 14 in the resumption of the Dutch championship in the draw (2-2) against NEC Nijmegen, those led by Arne Slot have had a total of four wins and one draw between the local tournament and the Netherlands Cup.

But beyond that, at Feyenoord they trust in a soon awakening of Santiago Gimenez and this Thursday would be a good time for the Mexican attacker to reunite with the goal in the clash against AS Roma corresponding to the first leg of the Europa League playoffs. The Dutch made their way to this tournament after finishing third in the group stage of the Champions League.

The criticism against Santiago Giménez does not stop

Since the scoring drought began for Santiago Giménez, the Mexican striker has been the target of constant criticism for his performance, the most recent of which came courtesy of Aad de Mos, a former player and coach who was in charge of Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, among others.

During an interview with the Trouw portal, the Dutchman criticized the Mexican, saying that “he is not a real talent,” since he has not been able to get out of the bad moment he is going through without being able to score in the last five games played.

“They are average soccer players who, by luck at the casino, ended up on a planet where they don’t belong. Things go well for a while and then everyone follows suit. But as soon as things get worse they cannot call on their talent and that cannot be solved with work ethic alone.”he assured.

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