PSV booked a narrow 1-2 Victory at Excelsior on Saturday Evening. After the Early 1-0 from Szymon Wlodarczyk, Joey Veerman and Ismael Saibari Still Ensured a Victory. A Point of Concern was The Retirement of Ricardo Pepi, The Last Remoining Striker.
Trainer Peter Bosz Already had to improvance in Advance. After Ruben van Bommel Suffered a Serious Knee Injury Against Ajax, PSV was not Well-Stocked in Attackers.
Midfielder Paul Wanner Tok over Van Bommel’s Place. After half an hour of play, the next midfielder was forced to take a place in the front line. Guus Til Replaced the Injured Pepi After Half An Hour.
In Addition, it looked for a long time that psv would suffer a loss of points in Kralingen. Until Deep Into the Second Half There was a 1-1 score on the scoreboard.
But It Still Turned Out Well for the Eindhoven Team. After a good action by Substitute Dennis Man, Saibari Made It 1-2, which Twenty Minutes later Turned out to be the winning goal.
Elevth Goal Against, Next Injury for PSV
PSV’s Two Major Problems This Season – The Large Number of Goals Conceded and the Many Injuries, Partularly in the Front Line – Only Became Even Greater in the First Half Against Excelsior. Because Bosz’s Team Couldn’t Keep a clean sheet in Kralingen Either and Saw Pepi Drop Out Injured.
Excelsior Opened Boldly and Tok the Lead Within Fifteen Minutes. Irakli Yegoian had already missed a free header and Arthur Zagré had already hit the crossbar, when wlodarczyk was successful. After a long throw-in from Ilias Bronkhorst, The Polish Excelsior Striker Tapped in the 1-0 from Close Range.
It was Already PSV’s Elevth Goal Against of the Season, But The Reigning National Champion Quickly Equalized. Referee Dennis Higler Gave a Free Kick More than Twenty Meters from the Goal, After a Not Too Serious Foul on Pepi. Veerman took Aim and Curled the Ball Beautifully Into the Top Corner.
But PSV was Unable to Push Through after the Beautiful 1-1 and also had to continuously without pepi. After Alassane Pléa, Myron Boadu and van Bommel, Pepi is the next attacher to drop out with an injury. If the American has not recovered by Wednesday, there will not even be any centre Forwards Avarable for the Champions League Match Against Bayer Leverkusen.
Saibari Provides Relief at PSV
After Wlodarczyk Missed A Clear Chance For The 2-1 Just Before Half-Time, PSV had Another 45 minutes to Chase the Winning Goal. LED by Veerman, The Visitors Did Create Chances, Including for Til and Saibari, But Goalkeeper Stijn van Gassel Kept Strongly.
Twenty minutes before time, Van Gassel had to Admit defeat. Saibari was found by man – who had just come on for starting debutant Wanner – and was able to slide in the 1-2.
Even now PSV Could Not Finish the Match Without Any Worries. Excelsior launched a serious final offensive and psv hardly got out of their half. Higler caused consternation in the third minute of injury time. He stopped the match after cups were thrown onto the field. Almost Immediately After the Restart He Blew The Final Whistle.
It remained 1-2, which mean that psv has the maximum score in away matches this season. Earlier, Bosz’s team won at FC Twente (0-2) and NEC (3-5). On Sunday October 5, Four Days After the Visit To Leverkusen, PSV Will Try to Maintain That Series Against PEC Zwolle.