I'm not sure about only needing 1. Maybe. However, I certainly would say that we're still the clear favorites. They have some good players but we just have more quality overall. In the couple of conference league matches I saw they seemed typically Dutch in posing consistent danger on the attack but leaving themselves very exposed in doing so. The matches I watched had score lines like 5-3,, 3-2, 3-3. Not really sure who to compare them to but maybe Sassoulo or Verona, even if I feel both of those Serie sides may be a bit better. But again, I've only seen 3 of their matches. Not exactly easy to keep from scoring but ripe for letting in 2 or 3. They got past Marseilles but that first leg looked more similar to Roma - Venezia than a really convincing win. Many great last ditch clearances from their very good CB but the feeling that Marseilles could have had 3 or 4 goals that 2nd half with a bit of luck or ever so slightly more accurate wide open shot or pass in the box and that was with their full 11. Have no idea how they managed that 0-0 in the away leg to get to the finals. I didn't see the replay but that kind of scoreline seems a real aberration for them. With the obvious focus Mourinho is putting on the final, I would expect him to, of course, try to shut them down completely but be wise enough to have the team ready to go mentally if we find ourselves needing to open up and get 2 or 3 goals to win. .
I would imagine they are comfortably better than Vitesse, a team which had enough good chances to have eliminated us in the Round of 16.
Well, yes, our record against the bottom of Serie A shows that we can certainly struggle and even lose to anyone. Not saying it may not be a struggle but we are favorites and should be able to beat them unless we stumble around in our half until they finally score and make it a much tougher go.
Predicted Line-ups Roma: Rui Patrício; Mancini, Smalling, Ibañez; Karsdorp, Cristante, Mkhitaryan, Pellegrini, Zalewski; Zaniolo, Abraham Feyenoord: Marciano; Geertruida, Trauner, Senesi, Malacia; Til, Aursnes, Orkun Kökçü; Nelson, Dessers, Sinisterra These are the finalists' starting line-ups from their semi-final second legs; predicted line-ups and team news to follow 3rd in Eredivisie. "During the build-up, Feyenoord have a preference for starting on the right side and finishing the attack on the left, which makes sense when looking at the individual qualities of the players. On both the left and right side, Feyenoord have a good ball playing central defender with Marcos Senesi and Gernot Trauner." https://spielverlagerung.com/2022/01/29/arnes-army-how-slot-is-regenerating-feyenoord/#:~:text=During the build-up, Feyenoord,Marcos Senesi and Gernot Trauner. Key Players 1. Luis Sinisterra, 5'8" or 1.72m, 22-year-old winger. In his last 14 games he has ten points - 8 goals and 2 assists. 322 passes into the attacking third, leads league. Scored against Marseille, Slavia Praha, Partizan Belgrade, Union Berlin. Has a domestic goal against Ajax. 2. Orkun Kocku, Turkish 21-year-old center-mid. 36 key passes, second on team in CL. First in through balls (6). 855 passes, third on team and most in midfield + attackers. 3. Marcos Senesi. 25-year-old ball-playing CB. Leads team in recoveries. Argentinian, Italian citizenship. Linked to Roma. Goal leaders: Guus Til (16). Dutch, 24-years-old. Sinisterra (16). Colombian, 22-years-old. Linssen (12). Dutch, 31. League Stats Feyenoord has four players leading the league in touches: 1. Senesi (1336) 2. Kokcu, defensive midfielder (1312) 3. Malacia, left back (1148) 4. Trauner, right back (1144) Most goals 1. Cabral still holds it (13) 2. Sinisterra (11) 3. Dessers (10) 4. Abraham (9) Shots 1. Sinisterra (49) 2. Cabral (47) 3. Abraham (34) Recoveries 1. Senesi (113) 2. Kocku (111) Assists 1. Sinisterra (7) 2. Dasa from Vitesse (7) 3. Toornstra, center-mid (7) Chances 1. Sinistera (46) Team stats Set Plays 1. Kobenhavn (8) 2. Roma (7) 3. Feyenoord (6) Goals from corners 1. Roma (7) 3. Feyenoord (3) Posesssion length: 1. 24.6 13. Feye: 22.6 seconds 30. Roma: 20.5
This guy mentions the top scorers for Feyenoord and leaves off their player who leads the competition in goals lmfao.
⏪ Rewind to the 2014/15 @EuropaLeague Round of 32 meeting between @ASRomaEN & @Feyenoord...🤔 Who'll win this time around?#UECLfinal pic.twitter.com/aSrWeeXhFX— UEFA Europa Conference League (@europacnfleague) May 19, 2022 Torisidis had 3 assists. The only time the Greek f** was useful. @Andreas
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At least the win against Torino has given us a confidence boost.. we needed that after too many shitty results in a row. Draw against Venezia. Loss against Fiorentina. Draw against Bologna Loss against Inter Draw against Napoli
I will give this season a 6 out of 10 if we win the final. Otherwise it will be a 5. Winning a (European) trophy and Europa League qualification with an average squad isn't that bad. However next season we must return into the top 4!
You used to have a very active board then you got rid of Gmangs and the rest of your plastic fans follow prem teams now.