Feyenoord did not miss the opportunity to get a little closer to the top of the Eredivisie. This Sunday, the Mexican team Santiago Gimenez completed a great comeback against Utrecht (4-2) to close the gap on Hirving “Chucky” Lozano’s PSV Eindhoven.
The leader of the Dutch championship suffered on Friday their first defeat of the season after falling to NEC Nijmegen (3-1). Knowing this result, Feyenoord went out to get the three points in a match that was complicated for them from the beginning.
With “Bebote” in the starting eleven of the team led by Arne Slot, things did not start in the best way and shortly after the first half hour of play they were already down 2-0 on the scoreboard thanks to Othman’s goals. Boussaid (m.2) and a penalty converted by Sam Lammers (m.32).
However, Feyenoord quickly got back into the game with the discount scored by Igor Paixao (m.36), but it was not until well into the second half when they completed the comeback that allowed them to win in the resumption of the Eredivisie after the break due to the recent FIFA date.
With Santiago Gimenez still on the field of play, although without being able to contribute their bit, Feyenoord leveled the action thanks to an own goal by Oscar Fraulo (m.65) and then took the lead of the game with the goal scored by David Hancko (m. 71). The Mexican ended up leaving at minute 80.
With five minutes left in the game, Leo Sauer was in charge of putting definitive figures on Feyenoord’s victory at home, completing an exciting victory that gives a little life to the fight for the top of the standings this season in the Eredivisie.
How was the classification?
After matchday 27 of the Eredivisie in which the leader PSV Eindhoven said goodbye to its undefeated record this season and putting an end to a streak of 42 games without defeat, this Sunday Feyenoord did its job and added to three points to reduce the distance between them.
Now the difference between first place and second is seven units when there are still seven games left to play this campaign, that is, a total of 21 units are still at stake, so the dispute for the Dutch championship remains. live.
Of course, PSV Eindhoven maintains a small advantage since the two matches between both teams have already taken place, so Feyenoord will not be able to try to harm them. In those pair of matches the Amsterdam team added a victory and a draw.
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