Reijnders admits Feyenoord game will be ‘even more special’ in ‘tough’ stadium | OneFootball

Tijjani Reijnders has admitted that he is happy to be back in his home country, but anticipates a tough game for AC Milan against Feyenoord.

In truth, Milan were hoping to be having the midweek off given that going into the final round of games in the first phase of the competition they sat in eighth place and looked likely to qualify directly for the last 16 directly.

And yet, the Rossoneri were beaten 2-1 by Dinamo Zagreb in the Croatian capital, so dropped seven places to 13th. Thus, they entered the play-off round and were pitted against Feyenoord, a team who are having a difficult season but showed what they can do when they beat Bayern Munich.

Reijnders spoke at the pre-match press conference at De Kuip last night and shortly afterwards he was interview by Sky Italia, with his comments relayed by MilanNews.

You are back in the Netherlands…

“It’s always nice to return to my home country. Tomorrow my family will be here, it will be even more special for me.”

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What kind of game will it be?

“It will be very important, the first of the play-offs. We want to go to the last 16. Unfortunately we didn’t finish in the top 8 and now there are these play-offs. It’s always tough in this stadium, but we’re ready.”

Are you more mentally confident?

“I think you’re right. We work for each other and I think that shows in the games we’re playing, the results are a positive consequence.”

Has the feeling with the coach improved?

“Yes, it’s good. He also brings us a lot of energy during the games, you can see it on the pitch. We have to continue like this with this energy.”