The exhibition game in its own stadium replaced the match against Schalke 04, which the Eindhoven club would play during the training camp in Marbella. At the beginning of this week, PSV decided not to travel to Spain, faced with a number of corona infections.
No one was allowed into the match. It did leak out that the youthful Jenson Seelt was making his debut. The defender, who made the switch from NEC to PSV in 2017, will remain with the first selection. Due to the prolonged absence of André Ramalho, PSV is tight in defenders. Of the players who regularly participate with PSV, only Mauro, Max, Boscagli, Van Ginkel, Gutierrez, Götze, Doan and Gakpo would have received playing minutes.