The Egyptian goalie was given the nod ahead of Erwin Mulder, following the injury of first-choice guardian Henk Timmer.

However, the former Ahli man had a nightmare start to his first game of the season.

Willem were 3-0 up inside the opening 36 minutes, after goals from Frank Demouge (twice) and Saied Boutahar.

Andre Bahia pulled one back for Feyenoord in the 74th minute.

Feyenoord are sixth of the Eredivisie table with 57 points, 12 adrift of leaders PSV Eindhoven.