So no damage for Peter Bosz and his PSV members in the run -up to the second meeting in the Champions League on Wednesday at Bayer Leverkusen.
Injuriors are piling up for Peter Bosz
Or it is. In the 32nd minute, Guus Til came as a replacement for Ricardo Pepi. The striker who has returned from a serious injury at the beginning of the year continues to worry and is a big question mark for the trip to Germany. On Woudestein, Bosz chose to conduct Saibari to rush. Certainly a good choice afterwards because the Moroccan international was responsible for the winning goal.
The signals that PSV would have difficulty on Woudestein soon served. When, after a first chance of Ivan Perisic, when Joey Veerman took the foot of the accelerator pedal, Excelsior brutally took over the initiative.
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The emerging left back Arthur Zagré saw his shot ended up on the bar in the twelfth minute. Sixty counts later it was hit. A distant throw-in from Ilias Bronkhorst fell in the penalty area in front of Szymon Wlodarczyk for the 1-0.
Excelsior does not show awe for PSV
Nothing turned out to be the only awe of Excelsior for the team of Peter Bosz. Referee Dennis Higler was more bothered by that when he easily gave a free kick twenty meters from the Rotterdam goal in the 19th minute striker Ricardo Pepi. With a great curl, Joey Veerman’s efforts behind goalkeeper Stijn van Gassel ended up in the intersection.
Incidentally, after the break, Higler had the same debatable whistle in favor of PSV. Bronkhorst once again swung the ball into the penalty area from a throw -in and again the ball rolled behind Matej Kovar. Due to very light contact between the goalkeeper and Rick Meissen, Higler had already whistled before the ball rolled over the goal line. That far too fast decision made intervention of the VAR no chance, for the second time Excelsior was disadvantaged by Higler.
Basic debut Paul Wanner
This moment was such a warning after the break that PSV approached things more energetically. PSV with the German reinforcement Paul Wanner surprisingly at the right winger position and Perisic on the left as a replacement for the injured Ruben van Bommel. That Bosz did not choose Couhaib Driouech, who came across from Excelsior more than a year ago, says something about his position in the selection of PSV. What was again emphasized twenty minutes before time when Wanner came to the side for purchase Dennis Man. Although this Romanian had not made any impression in the PSV shirt.
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Two minutes after his entrance to Kralingen, Man drew for his first serious feat in Eindhoven service. After a good attack by PSV, the Romanian attacker did not go for his own success from a difficult angle, but chose Ismael Saibari, who just walked into the goal of 1-2 from the cross.
With that lead, Bosz dared to bring Driouech to the stadium where he broke through five minutes before time. The winger still saw his old club insisting, but even super sub Mike van Duinen could not prevent the small defeat against the champion.