PSV went down hard against Arminia Bielefeld. In Gütersloh, Ruud van Nistelrooij’s team lost 4-0. After the third practice match of the season, the simple conclusion can be drawn that the people of Eindhoven are not yet at the level where they want to be in three weeks.
2700 spectators saw a staggeringly weak PSV. It was very bad against second Bundesliga club Arminia Bielefeld. The players from Brabant started in a relatively strong line-up with, among others, Luuk de Jong, who will be the captain next season, Guus Til and Jordan Teze in the base.
After ten minutes, PSV was already dead. Marco van Ginkel gave a back pass that was much too high, after which an indirect free kick had to be taken five meters from the goal. This was shot in by Fabian Klos.
PSV had a few chances through Guus Til and Noni Madueke, but were not convinced in the match. Arminia’s 2-0 started with Joey Veerman losing the ball. After that, the Germans were soon in front of Benitez’s goal. After a nice assist from Klos, Janni Serra scored with a volley.
There’s work to be done
In the second half it quickly became 3-0 (Luckassen’s own goal). PSV had exchanged some basic forces at half-time, but with Xavi Simons, Johan Bakayoko and Yorbe Vertessen, they brought three players who will undoubtedly make minutes in PSV 1 next season. Later, more young players joined the team.
They couldn’t break pots either. PSV still has to get used to the new system and Van Nistelrooij’s approach to the game. In addition, it also had no grip on the game system of the Germans, who will start the competition next week.
Five minutes before the end it got even worse for the Brabant club. Noel Niemann shot the 4-0 against the ropes.
The simple conclusion remains that there is work to be done for Ruud van Nistelrooij. The trainer was positive about the training week, but will undoubtedly be dissatisfied with this match. The people of Eindhoven are lucky that they still have three weeks until the Johan Cruijff Scale.
PSV basic setup: Benitez; Hoever, Teze, Luckassen, Max; Van Ginkel, Veerman, Til; Madueke, De Jong, Gakpo