PSV miraculously won 3-2 at Sevilla on Wednesday evening. After trailing 2-0, PSV won with a goal from Ricardo Pepi in injury time. The Eindhoven team played a fairly hopeless match until Sevilla’s Ocampos received a red card in the 66th minute. Then PSV turned everything around. In the PSV group, Arsenal will play against Lens on Wednesday evening. If the English win, PSV is assured of the next round.
It seemed to be a hopeless evening for PSV. The Eindhoven team played worthlessly and barely had anything to say against Sevilla in the first 45 minutes. The fact that it was only 1-0 for Sevilla at half time was a miracle.
Sergio Ramos had given the home team the lead from a free kick. The central defender was able to shoot the ball completely freely behind goalkeeper Walter Benitez. It was a goal that certainly did not come out of the blue. Sevilla was better and PSV mainly sloppy.
Lozano
The Eindhoven team escaped a 2-0 deficit. First, a Sevilla goal was disallowed after interference by the video referee. Goalscorer Djibril Sow had made hands earlier in the attack. Less than a minute later, the Spaniards were close to a second goal again. Youssef En-Nesyri hit the post.
PSV only became dangerous in the first half through Hirving Lozano, but to make matters worse, the Mexican had to leave the field early with a hamstring injury.
Red card
Immediately after the break the score was 2-0 for Sevilla. After mediocre defending again, En-Nesyri could only approach the goalkeeper. He beat Benitez and increased the lead. PSV seemed to wake up for a moment from that second goal and suddenly became dangerous. Luuk de Jong’s header was saved and Yorbe Vertessen botched a nice cross. The Eindhoven team still did not play well.
25 minutes before the end, PSV was helped into the match by Lucas Ocampos. The attacker received his second yellow card, which meant that Sevilla had to continue with ten men. PSV immediately took advantage with a great goal from substitute Ismael Saibari.
Next round
PSV pressed on and also scored the equalizer. Vertessen seemed to head a cross wide, but was helped by Nemanja Gudelj from Breda who put the ball into his own goal. The own goal made it 2-2.
The match turned out to be a spectacle. PSV rose from the dead and kept looking for more. A win, if Arsenal beat Lens later on Wednesday, would be enough to hibernate in the Champions League.
That victory came in injury time. Ricardo Pepi headed PSV to victory in the 92nd minute and most likely to the next round of the Champions League.
The victory in Seville was PSV’s first away win in the Champions League since 2007.