Emotions vied for priority with Feyenoord coach Arne Slot after his side suffered damage against Fortuna Sittard, who returned to Limburg with a 1-1 draw in the bag. Was the coach angry or disappointed? “I think both.”

“But certainly disappointed by the result and especially by the fact that we took the risk of believing that one half was enough to win tonight. And then it turns out that you’re running out of time.”

Feyenoord started the job at De Kuip with the same squad as last week in Alkmaar, where leaders AZ were fielded. However, in the first half against Fortuna, who had not been easy to beat in the last few weeks, the drive of this game was completely missing.

“You saw in the second half that when you’re very aggressive and fanatical, how difficult it is for Fortuna to do so. But then Fortuna might fall short for me because of the first half because I thought they were playing daring football and from behind . “We tried to build up. If we don’t play aggressively and fast enough and think, ‘Well, the ball will come to us?’, then you won’t get the pace in the game that you want.”

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Too much was played in the middle before the break and there was a lack of movement and depth, after the break Feyenoord drew from a completely different barrel to win a game. But we took a risk that we now have to pay with two lost points.”

A spanner in the works. After AZ, Feyenoord were waiting for four opponents until the World Cup was interrupted, none of which should pose a problem for the ambitious team. Four games, twelve points and maybe the lead. The suggestion that this thought led to laziness was brushed aside by Slot.

“Not for me, anyway, because I know how much effort it takes to win games. That was the case last season too, but we often did it in the final minutes. And this year we had that against Heerenveen: but a lot Opportunities.” no goal.” Even then, in mid-August, Feyenoord had to settle for a point (0-0).