Just after Christmas it was already rumbling at FC Utrecht. The team had fallen into a slump, and the hosanna mood that had been there at the beginning of the season was little left. Nevertheless, Hake was allowed to stay. “That is due to the series of matches we played in 2021”, Zuidam refers to the start of this season, the best start to the season in club history. From November the results started to disappoint. “But then we still saw sufficient prospects,” said the technical director.