PSV made no mistake on Saturday evening when it visited Almere City. The PhD student was easily put aside 4-0. However, coach Peter Bosz will have comments on his team’s play. That was very sloppy at times.
His return last week in the Philips Stadium was already a celebration. Unfortunately for the supporters, Hirving Lozano was not allowed to take the penalty. The supporters had to wait a week longer for the Mexican’s first goal for PSV since 2019.
In Almere it was a hit. Just before half time he made it 2-0 after a nice combination with Guus Til. The midfielder had given the Eindhoven team the lead after a quarter of the match from a cross from Noa Lang.
Mission accomplished
A carefree evening for PSV, which wasn’t even playing well yet. In fact, the game was sloppy at times and PSV had to allow Almere to sometimes become threatening in the penalty area.
The most important thing for PSV was that the team would cope well with the blow that the team suffered on Wednesday during the Champions League match against Arsenal and would not make a mistake in Almere. That mission succeeded, because after the break PSV continued to lead. Joey Veerman scored the 3-0 after more than 65 minutes of football.
Flawless
It gave Peter Bosz the opportunity to change his entire attack, give the offensive players some rest and, above all, give substitutes some more playing time. That didn’t make the game much better. Yet the Eindhoven team scored one more time. Ricardo Pepi made it 4-0 in injury time.
Afterwards, Bosz was especially satisfied with the result. “Because we didn’t play well at all,” he said. “Not at all. We didn’t play football especially before half time. The field was also slippery, many players slipped. That may have had something to do with it. We became dangerous with every ball we passed behind the defense. Almere City. We could have scored much more often.”
Thanks to the victory, PSV remains undefeated leader in the Eredivisie. The Eindhoven title candidate has not lost a point after five games. PSV will have two home games next week, against Go Ahead Eagles and FC Volendam.