PSV did not succeed in reaching the cup final. In-house, the people of Eindhoven fell in a painful way against Go Ahead Eagles (1-2). A shockingly weak first half killed Peter Bosz’s team. A week after the next round of the Champions League was reached in a sensational way, the mourning mood is back in the Philips Stadium.
Exactly a week after the great match against Juventus, PSV showed a completely different face. Not only were some other players on the field, the game showed was also a shadow of what the Eindhoven team showed a week earlier in the Champions League.
Also in the semi -final of the cup there seemed to be a lack of motivation at PSV. A lack of urgency led to a 2-0 deficit at halftime. A deserved backlog, because Go Ahead Eagles had taken the lead via Gerrit Nauber and Victor Edvardsen.
Double
Peter Bosz had seen enough and changed twice in the break. Noa Lang and Ismael Saibari, both basic player in the match against Juventus, came in for Olivier Boscagli and Johan Bakayoko. With Lang and Saibari in the team, the urgency and especially intensity of a week earlier returned to the Eindhoven team.
It led to a cheap connection goal. PSV received a penalty after an unfortunate handball from Nauber. Ivan Perisic grabbed the opportunity from eleven meters with both hands. PSV still had more than half an hour to prevent a blamage in -house.
Week of extreme
Despite the fact that the connection goal PSV gave wings for a while, and the new striker Lucas Perez also made his debut ten minutes before time, the Blamage did. Ismael Saibari came closest to an equalizer, but his shot was taken off the line.
The road to the final with four home games and a semi -final against Go Ahead Eagles was open. Only not for the first time this season does a lack of intensity lead to a worthless performance. A week after the sun started to shine again, the dark clouds grab again. The leak is still not above.