No stress as Feyenoord brush PEC Zwolle aside in record seven-goal rout

[p]Feyenoord fell to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/SKbpVP5K/"]FC Barcelona[/a] on Wednesday, losing 5-1 in their first defeat of the season. For Sunday's match against PEC Zwolle, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-bronckhorst-giovanni/080VPTJe/"]Giovanni van Bronckhorst[/a] returned to last week's system, giving captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/valente-luciano/4j2kSvnC/"]Luciano Valente[/a] the start on the left wing again.[/p][p]The woodwork was [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/feyenoord/8zjySeoN/"]Feyenoord[/a]'s biggest enemy in the opening five minutes, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/read-givairo/OCO1xQ7o/"]Givairo Read[/a] hitting [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/schendelaar-jasper/S4xoPmv4/"]Jasper Schendelaar[/a]'s post twice early on.[/p][embed guid="cf242b12-9da1-4bcd-850b-d59bb9dfac19" url="https://x.com/ESPNnl/status/2099159833257677137?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]After [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/zwolle/r1L5w2EB/"]PEC Zwolle[/a] were not at all at might to stop Feyenoord, the inevitable seemed to happen ten minutes in, with striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ferri-nacho/Cda6vn3n/"]Nacho Ferri[/a] bagging his first Feyenoord goal by tapping in a low cross from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marmol-mika/Cz3awDFR/"]Mika Marmol[/a]. The left-back controlled the ball with his arm, though, forcing referee Alex Bos to cancel the opener.[/p][p]Ferri was at the base of Feyenoord's first goal after all, with his effort being deflected into Schendelaar's far corner by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/graves-jensen-simon/j3HpHmEF/"]Simon Graves[/a], whose own goal deservedly handed Feyenoord the lead after 18 minutes.[/p][p]The Spaniard already got his brace halfway through the first half when Ferri simply tapped in a pass from Read, prompting the disgruntled home fans to shout "play football" at the lacklustre hosts.[/p][image alt="Match momentum" id="3e06c051-ee0a-4f65-9827-9a9e79c187b7" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="f84ab5d9-0b41-40f1-bc72-13f3b3d0a422" original-width="3840" original-height="2160" /][p]The match seemed all but over prior to half-time when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zechiel-gjivai/6BQvLBnt/"]Gjivai Zechiel[/a] scored his fifth goal of the season as he gave Read his second assist with an easy finish.[/p][p]It was the big Feyenoord show in Zwolle and Nacho Ferri claimed the spotlight again, booting the 4-0 past Schendelaar to start the second half on a high.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/moussa-anis-hadj/0vqEKboE/"]Anis Hadj Moussa[/a] was the next name to pop up on the scoreboard after the Algerian winger curled the ball into Schendelaar's top corner. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-persie-shaqueel/2eZTlkEf/"]Shaqueel van Persie[/a] could've made it six for Feyenoord soon after, but couldn't finish a one-on-one in the rebound.[/p][embed guid="bbdb1f0d-7cb0-4e5e-9df3-c301b2c9d009" url="https://x.com/ESPNnl/status/2099171477589274723?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Instead, it was 17-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zinhagel-jivayno/YXhHn9jt/"]Jivayno Zinhagel[/a] who made it 6-0 for Feyenoord after simply flicking in a cross from Givairo Read, who was up to three assists as Feyenoord had 20 minutes left to make pile more goals on top of a beaten-down PEC Zwolle.[/p][p]Hadj Moussa was the second Feyenoord player to bag a brace after being allowed to dribble through a PEC Zwolle defence that was seemingly made up of mannequins before lacing it in the bottom corner for the 7-0.[/p][p]PEC Zwolle put no obstacle in Feyenoord's way in a record defeat as the Rotterdam giants got within one goal of their record away win with a 7-0 victory in Zwolle - the biggest loss in PEC's history.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/feyenoord-8zjySeoN/zwolle-r1L5w2EB/?mid=4EyuGmGF"]Check all the match statistics on Flashscore[/a][/b][/p][image alt="Key match events" id="a412c6f9-0fec-48ad-ad28-7fd61b71cd9c" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="e19f8269-622c-4d22-9941-1bc727ccec8e" original-width="3840" original-height="2160" /]