Arne Slot indicated at the press conference on Sunday that he will have a conversation on Monday with , who was kept on the bench by the trainer despite an injury to his competitor. At the press conference, the coach of the Rotterdam team explained why he left the left back from Peru on the bench. He will share the same arguments with the footballer at the office on Monday morning.
“That is not such an easy choice,” says Slot, after being asked by journalist Dennis Kranenburg RTV Rijnmond is asked about his choice not to bring in Lopez as a replacement for Hartman, but to throw Bart Nieuwkoop to the wolves: “I also think Bart (Nieuwkoop, ed.) is a very special player. He gives so much energy to the team “That in combination with the fact that I think Hancko can also perform very well as a left back. Argument three is that Lutsharel Geertruida is not only a very good right back, but is also a very good central defender,” Slot explains. “All that added up made us decide to solve it this way.”
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It is a decision that will have caused disappointment for López, who will receive an explanation from Slot about his decision: “That is one of the most important parts of the coaching profession, to manage that. You can assume that Marcos López will join us tomorrow.” in my office. I have no illusions that I can justify the choice I made today, but I can explain it to him,” says the Feyenoord trainer. “Today, partly in view of the score of the match, I made a different choice. You try to explain that and then offer something of perspective for the following weeks.”
There may be prospects for López at Feyenoord, because there is a chance that Hartman is out of circulation due to an injury. The Dutch international left the field on Sunday afternoon with a lot of pain in his knee and Slot is worried about his regular left back, as the trainer of the number two in the Eredivisie said afterwards in conversation with ESPN reporter Hans Kraay junior.
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