Rotterdam, Netherlands – Na today be gbege as Feyenoord go dey face KAA Gent for 120 minutes warm-up match wey dem dey call preseason. This one na big chance for all the players, from the main guys to di younger talent dem, to show wetin dem fit do on top pitch (making manager Robin van Persie no go hear word if dem no perform).
As we sabi am, trainers like to start with di guys wey dem go rely on when di season start, and today no go be different. For Varkenoord, we fit expect Robin van Persie go pick im number one team first, before dem bring in di young players wey gree follow play. Hope say dem go try pepper di Gent side!
Justin Bijlow go dey waka like first goalkeeper for Feyenoord, no be small. E go lead di defence wey go get Jordan Lotomba, Thomas Beelen, Jan Plug, and Gijs Smal to help am. Smal dey return after e don waste time for treatment, people for pitch go sabi say e don land back gidi gidi (like say na him dey hold everybody for di back).
On top midfield level, we go see Jakub Moder wey don finish im vacation. Dis Polish international don train well and ready to flex im muscles against di Gent boys. Captain In-Beom Hwang and Sem Steijn go also dey see di pitch as dem jostle for easy pass to strikers for dem front. Calvin Stengs go start as di right winger, and immediately form partnership with Ayase Ueda and Leo Sauer, wey dey crack im first preseason minutes.
As dem get enough players for bench, e clear say dem go rotate plenty players today—we no fit wait to see wetin di young guys go show us! Na ten youth players dey wait there for bench to catch di action too, but we hear say Anis Hadj Moussa no dey for di list, no one sabi wetin happen but wetin e don do? We go soon know how e be.
Di full squad look like dis: Bijlow; Lotomba, Beelen, Plug, Smal; Hwang, Moder, Steijn; Stengs, Ueda, Sauer. Plus di bench players: Wellenreuther, Andreev, Bossin, Carranza, Zerrouki, Targhalline, Bullaude, Carrillo, Slory, Candelaria, El Harmouz, Ouarghi, Kraaijeveld, Giersthove, Rust, Cruz, Tabiri, Zinhagel. Na so we go roll today—nd if bench no shake, we go surely catch dem for (no be small) naija pepper!
