Bosz gets together with a reporter
© Imago
After two defeats within four days against the same opponent, the PSV Eindhoven threatens the first Titellose season since 2020/21. After the reigning champion had left 1-2 against the Go Ahead Eagles on Wednesday in the cup semi-final, it also set a 2: 3 defeat in the Eredivisie on Saturday evening-a tough setback in the title race with Ajax Amsterdam.
PSV was only able to win one of the seven league games in 2025, but Ajax has won the last eight games and has been leading the table since the 21st matchday – for the first time since November 2022. If the Amsterdamer on Sunday (2:30 p.m.) fulfills their mandatory task in the bottom light Almere City FC, the deficit would increase to eight points.
“The title is now getting tricky,” said midfielder Joey Veerman, after he and his teammates still gave a 2-1 lead in the final phase. The lead by Oliver Antman (23rd minute) PSV countered in the first half by a quick double strike by Luuk de Jong (30th) and Noa Lang (34th). But Victor Edvardsen managed to equalize in the 74th minute before Antman turned the game again three minutes before the end of the regular season.
“Of course that’s not good. If you lead 2-1 in the first half, you want to get out with the same energy. That didn’t work, ”said Veerman. You’ll concede too easily goals. Veerman even warned that it was more of a look down and secure the Champions League qualification. FC Utrecht in third place is only six points away. “You should never close your eyes,” said Veerman. “We want to play for the championship. We know that we threw it away ourselves. It’s just bad. “
For coach Peter Bosz, however, the weakness of the shape is not yet a reason to panic. The ex-Bundesliga coach emphasized that he continues to believe in the qualities of his players. “This is very hard because it was completely unnecessary,” Bosz ordered the defeat of his team on the “ESPN” microphone. “There was nothing going on for 75 minutes. We were the better team and had more of the game. We have completely checked the game. ” Even the leadership of the Go Ahead Eagles had fallen “completely out of the blue”.
After the 2-1 at half -time, there was nothing that you had to worry about. Only in the last quarter of an hour you defend very poorly and give away the game completely unnecessarily, ”Bosz admitted. Before that, he saw a good reaction to the end in the cup. “I found that we played aggressively and well, we played with courage and boldness. We defended aggressively and were close. The second goal came about through good football. That was a great attack. So that’s the PSV that I would like to see. And of course that should never lose here. “
Form -weak PSV Eindhoven: Bosz comes up with reporter
Bosz also criticized that his team had to act better on the defensive. “If you score two goals here and get the necessary chances and that is not enough, you have to defend better,” said the 61-year-old. Competitor Ajax received eleven goals less than the PSV. When analyzing the game, the trainer clashed with a journalist at the press conference, who asked that Bosz should “come up with something to change that instead of just saying that it has to get better.”
The PSV coach, which is very much geared towards offensive football, countered with clear words. “But do you think we don’t go conceded when we are behind the ball with eleven men?” Bosz asked the reporter, who in turn emphasized that one could not afford point losses in the current phase. “Yes, but if I have the guarantee that I win the game with an eleven man behind the ball, then I stand by it. But we don’t have that, right? “, Bosz continues. At the argument that the current offensive football is guaranteed to go wrong, he replied: “This is not true. What nonsense! We played very well for 75 minutes, right? “
The victory for the Go Ahead Eagles was very flattering. “I thought we were the better team,” said Bosz, but the points were given away. Nevertheless: “Today I saw the team’s reaction that I also wanted to see. Fighting and with a good attitude. ” In addition to the trophy and championship, Eindhoven had lost in the Supercup against Feyenoord Rotterdam (6: 8 n. E.), in the Champions League round of 16, a mammoth task is waiting with FC Arsenal.
