FIFA 18: 10 Stadiums That Need To Be In The Game

2. De Kuip (Feyenoord)

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By Валерий Дед (De Kuip Inside the stadium.) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

One of the most over-looked leagues in FIFA must be the Eredivisie, this despite the top league in the Netherlands boasting world-famous clubs like Ajax, PSV, and Feyenoord. Strutting your stuff in the sunshine at the Amsterdam Arena is marvelous in FIFA 17, but problems crop up when managing any other Dutch side in Career Mode.

Ajax didn't win the Eredivisie championship this past season, as Giovanni Van Bronckhorst's Feyenoord did. As the Dutch champions then, the Rotterdam club must see their famous old De Kuip stadium in this year's FIFA title. The close-knit feel of the stands - with it feeling like fans are right on top of the pitch - is sorely under-rated.

There's a lived-in feel to De Kuip that EA would have to capture too. This isn't a glitzy, glamorous stadium like the Etihad or Emirates, and nor should it be. Feyenoord are a club steeped in footballing tradition, every bit as valid as fellow Dutch giants Ajax. For that reason, let's get their stadium in the game.

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