Historical humiliation
“Terrible bankruptcy”: ex-Bundesliga coach under fire
05.03.2025 – 9:55 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The first quarter -final participant in the Champions League is almost clear. Because Arsenal rolled over Eindhoven – and inspired the sports world. Only not in the Netherlands.
Thanks to great effectiveness, FC Arsenal has made it perfect almost prematurely into the quarter -finals. The 7: 1 (3: 1) against PSV Eindhoven was not only a remarkable success for the “Gunners” from London, it also meant the PSV’s highest defeat so far in the Champions League.
For coach Peter Bosz, formerly at BVB and Bayer Leverkusen in office, it was a bitter blow in front of a home backdrop. The press reacted to this in Great Britain and in the Netherlands.
De Telegraaf: “The season of PSV threatens to decide like a candle. The terrible defeat against Arsenal in the first game of the Champions League round of 16 heated up the crisis mood. The 1: 7 in the Philips Stadium was the highest home defeat that PSV has ever suffered.”
Algemeen Dagblad: “PSV was completely overrun and did not get beyond a few pinpricks. In the second half it didn’t get much better, even if Arsenal initially switched back a gear. But as soon as the Londoners put on the pace again, it was immediately dangerous. And so PSV is back on the ground.”
Voetbal International: “The largest Champions League defeat that a Dutch association has ever suffered. Arsenal played against the team of Peter Bosz (1: 7), who painfully retired in the league and the cup competition last week. In record time of five points ajax in the league to eight points in the cup competition”.
The Guardian: “Arsenal had trouble scoring. The club had three zero numbers in the previous four games. Without the injured strikers, the team of coach Mikel Areta had a hard time. But on Tuesday there was the counter reaction. The game was a one -way street, PSV Eindhoven was humiliated.”
The Independent: “Boring Arsenal? Not in the carnival week in Eindhoven. In the past few days, many colorful costumes have been attracted in this corner of the Netherlands, and Mikel Aretas’s protégés disguised themselves as a cavalier for an evening full of exuberant joy. The team that was not finally able to score was the first in the history of the Champions League that was seven in a knockout Tore shot. “
The Telegraph: “Arsenal used the enormous gaps that the PSV offered them mercilessly, but there were also some outstanding individual achievements that Mikel Areteta hopefully will repeat against stronger opponents in the Premier League.”