Bijlow had to undergo foot surgery in March and Feyenoord announced that the season was over for him.
However, the 24-year-old Rotterdammer has recovered and returned to the training camp in Portugal completely last week. Bijlow has been replaced in recent months by the Israeli Marciano.
Feyenoord flew with 25 players to Tirana for the final. The match selection of coach Arne Slot consists of 23 players and American midfielder Cole Bassett (not eligible to play) and young goalkeeper Tein Troost (not included in the match pick) will also make their debut in the Albanian capital.
Disruptive Mourinho
Bijlow under the bar is a welcome message to Feyenoord on the eve of the final against José Mourinho’s AS Roma team. The Portuguese coach’s trophy cabinet is swelling and Mourinho has final experience against Dutch teams.
He managed to disrupt Ajax’s attacking game with Manchester United in 2017. Slot: “You also see the ever-changing ways of playing in the Netherlands, the 4-3-3 system is no longer sacred”, Slot puts that story into perspective.
“I would be surprised if the opponent always tries to shoot from behind tomorrow. We expect them to play the long ball quickly and often toss behind our goal line.”
Slot is not something Feyenoord has to get used to. Besides Ajax and Marseille, there are players who have cost a little more money than the players we played against us in the past 54 matches. †
Source: NOS
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