Supercup: Feyenoord without entire first squad

Thursday 21 August 2008

Feyenoord will be almost without it's entire first team when they face PSV Eindhoven in Amsterdam on Saturday for the Dutch Supercup - the Johan Cruyff Schaal.

Jonathan de Guzman, Roy Makaay, Karim el Ahmadi, Theo Lucius, Andwele Slory and goal keeper Sherif Ekramy are out for sure due to injuries.

Kevin Hofland, Leroy Fer, Kermit Erasmus, Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danny Buijs and Nicky Hofs are major question mark's for the match between the Dutch Champions and Cup Winners.

It's the first time since 1999 that Feyenoord are to compete for the pre-season cup.

Feyenoord were then the reigning Champions and beat Cup Winners Ajax in Amsterdam 3-2 by goals from Tomasson, Bonaventure Kalou en Patrick Paauwe.

Feyenoord coach Gert-jan Verbeek fears that he will have to do without top striker Roy Makaay for a longer period.

Feyenoord's new gaffer thinks it will take Makaay perhaps more than four weeks from the foot injury he sustained during the Olympic Games match against Nigeria.

"It's not looking good. A two weeks recovery period is not realistic," Verbeek told the Algemeen Dagblad.

"Perhaps he should have come home earlier, but that is easy to say now. Roy said himself he would have come home earlier had he known what the damage to his foot was. At the time they didn't know about a fractured bone so they weren't being irresponsible."