How high the turnover rate of players in Eindhoven is, the setup of Peter Bosz was shown. The success trainer of the Eindhoven team sent four players into the field, who were also present at the first eleven last season in the Seasonal Eleven against Feyenoord last season: Ryan Flamingo, Jerdy Schouten, Joey Veerman and Ismael Saibari.
Yet the most attention for the first whistle of Joey Kooij went to the Makesj Kovar. The goalkeeper taken over from Bayer Leverkusen is in any case the first goalkeeper of Bosz, who on Wednesday after the game for the Lichtstad Cup against FC Eindhoven indicated that Kovars competitor Nick Olij would not be settled on his mistake. But apparently Kovar made a better impression on the training sessions than the keeper purchased from Sparta.
Wonder that PSV is not on the lead at halftime
In addition to Yarek Gasiorowski and Alassane Pleea, the Czech was one of the three acquisitions that got the confidence of Bosz. Although the people of Eindhoven are still looking for a right winger and the arrows are focused on Parma-attacker Dennis Man, the club management-witness the deserving results against VFB Stuttgart (4-4) and Athletic Bilbao (2-1)-seemed to have her affairs in order. Also in the duel for the Johan Cruijff Scale, PSV showed excellent things before half -time, but the Bosz team turned out to be particularly vulnerable in the switch.
It was nevertheless a miracle that the people of Eindhoven did not take a lead before the break. After the first (shooting) chance for Go Ahead Eagles-back Dean James (hard next), the reigning national champion stacked a chance of chance. But they turned out not to be spent on Mauro Junior, Pleea and Saibari in the Philips Stadium, after which Couhaib Driouech, who was preferred to Ruben van Bommel, helped the biggest opportunity. On the instructions of Dest, the left winger fired up close to KNVB cup final hero Jari de Busser.
Compliment to policymakers Go Ahead Eagles
Between the Eindhoven opportunities by Go Ahead Eagles showed itself at times the stunt team, which had made so much impression in five days with the cup win and two victories on PSV last season. It is a big compliment to the policymakers in Deventer who have been building a fighting machine that is difficult to beat for seasons. Even after the departure of trainer Paul Simonis (VFL Wolfsburg), captain Enric Llansana (Anderlecht) and despite the approaching farewell of the Oliver Antman absent against PSV to Rangers FC, Kowet regularly showed his best side in the first official game of the season.
After a missing Van Dest, Mathis Suray gave a warning with a ball on the top of the bar, but two minutes later the guests took the lead. A wonderful attack via Gerrit Nauber and James preceded that. On the instructions of the wing defender, Suray was skilled professionally and through the inside of the post: 0-1.
Special winning goal Dest
The revenge, which Bosz sat down after last season, was suddenly far away. It was therefore logical that the PSV trainer did not take half measures after 62 minutes of play. Veerman, Gasiorowski and Driouech were taken to the side and replaced by Guus Til, Ricardo Pepi and Van Bommel. The all-or-nothing offensive paid off after fruitless attempts by Van Bommel (Zijet) and the excellent collapsed Til (Handsome Save de Busser).
Although the help of Nauber was initially needed. The almost flawless central defender worked a cross of Perisic awkward in his own goal (1-1). Six minutes later, Dest set on the Philips Stadium on the instructions of Til: 2-1. It was Dest’s first goal since 8 March 2024, then also against Go Ahead. Not much later, fate then hit and tore his cruciate ligament.