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Feyenoord youth cannot be denied against NAC Breda
By: Jackson |After a troublesome three match losing streak, Feyenoord completed its historial century year with a 3-1 victory over NAC Breda buoyed by its youth. Gertjan Verbeek’s side took the lead at de Kuip thirty-three minutes in as Diego Biseswar, finally fit from injury, beat his man and launched a powerful long range missile from well [...]
time for a turnaround against NAC Breda
By: Jackson |With three successive losses and a uncomfortably bad first half of the year Gertjan Verbeek knows the importance of a victory against NAC Breda before the winter break. At thirteenth in the table, supporters have naturally been highly disappointed of performance. In addressing the problems head-on, Gertjan Verbeek said:
“We thought we would be a lot [...]
Feyenoord drop close match to PSV
By: Jackson |Feyenoord’s four match win-less streak continued with a 1-0 loss to PSV. Until the winning strike late in the match, Gertjan Verbeek appeared to have deployed a perfect strategy and it was Feyenoord in-fact who appeared to be closer to finding the golden goal. However with twelve minutes remaining Ibrahim Afellay got on the end [...]
After Lech Poznań, looking ahead to PSV
By: Jackson |Excuse my pun but without a point earned prior to the Lech Poznań, their was little point of yesterdays match in consideration of the weekend’s clash against PSV. However with the basic notion of playing for pride at De Kuip, Feyenoord put up a strong effort but came up short losing 1-0 to Lech [...]
Lech Poznań for pride
By: Jackson |Without a point yet in the UEFA Cup, Feyenoord’s match against Lech Poznań is strictly for pride. Yet to deny “pride” as a unifying cry is foolish as at this stage of the season, this might be the perfect answer to the clubs continueing problems. This past weeks 1-0 loss to AZ at de Kuip [...]
a costly loss to AZ
By: Jackson |In a brutally painful display of bad finishing, Feyenoord lost to league-leader AZ 1-0 at De Kuip. While the match could have been a rallying cry in one the last home matches of the historical season, it will instead be remembered for lost opportunities. Gertjan Verbeek had his side prepared for the challenge or so [...]
Het Legioen welcomes AZ
By: Jackson |Feyenoord faces its toughest test of the year from the surprising AZ who sit at the top of the Eredivisie. After a number of sub-par seasons Louis van Gaal has AZ running like a well-oiled machine, smooth in the attack and over-powering in defense. In their last five matches they have defeated Twente, Ajax, Groningen [...]
De Graafschap dominates Feyenoord 3-1
By: Jackson |Het Legioen was thrown for a surprise as De Graafschap dominated Feyenoord on the way to 3-1 victory. While Feyenoord had numerous chances the final touch evaded them and De Graafschap won its first away match of the season. In the shape of things to come, Luigi Bruins point-blank range effort was saved by De [...]
injuries the story at De Kuip
By: Jackson |As Feyenoord welcomes De Graafschap to de Kuip the story is large injury list weighing down Gertjan Verbeek’s choices. His club are without Tim de Cler, Serginho Greene, Denny Landzaat, Michael Mols, Jon Dahl Tomasson, Ron Vlaar and Tim Vincken. While the notion of the home “fortress” has not worked out the way is should [...]
Feyenoord injury woes
By: Jackson |To Het Legioen Feyenoord’s injury woes have been particularly maddening as the club has been plagued with a series of hamstring injuries. Luigi Bruins, Tim de Cler, Jonathan de Guzman, Denny Landzaat, , Michael Mols and Andwele Slory have all suffered injuries, leaving the club perplexed and seeking answers. While they have consulted the Erasmus [...]






