We have rarely seen PSV coach Peter Bosz cheer so enthusiastically after scoring the winning goal against Sevilla FC this evening in the Champions League (2:3). Ricardo Pepi’s goal in stoppage time completed Eindhoven’s comeback and celebrations in Seville.
And after a few hours it got even better. Arsenal won against Lens, meaning PSV have secured their place in the round of 16. The Eindhoven team wintered in the Champions League for the first time since 2015.
“When things are going well you can usually sit a little calmer, but that wasn’t the case tonight,” said Bosz, describing the explosion of joy at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuan.
big party
After the final whistle, the team went to the dressing room. “Cheering, hitting everything under the sun, throwing bottles, throwing water in the air,” linebacker Jordan Teze said, summing up the scenes.
Former national coach Louis van Gaal, who was in Sevilla as a guest of PSV, also celebrated the success with the guests.
However, both Bosz and Teze also criticize PSV’s play. Bosz: “It made sense at the beginning, but then I no longer saw the team I knew this season. It wasn’t good football, but we were also very weak in duels. “We lost someone.” Many duels were fought and irrational decisions were made.
“To be honest, the first half was not worth watching for us,” says Teze. “The second half was very difficult. “They pick up points pretty quickly and then you have to catch up again.”
However, the defender said he was confident that PSV would get a good result and that turned out to be true. After Lucas Ocampos’ red card, the game turned completely around.
Stating that Sevilla, which is in the 15th place in La Liga, was referring to a bad series, Bosz said, “You should not forget that they are going through a very difficult process.” “I’ve already described it as ‘thin ice’ when something goes wrong. They go red and soon we make it 2-1. That’s when uncertainty begins.”
strange evening
PSV took full advantage of this uncertainty and won thanks to an own goal from Nemanja Gudelj and a stunning header from Ricardo Pepi.
Bosz summarizes the game as follows. “If you’re not in the game at all and don’t look like you’re going to get back into the game, but you still win 3-2, then you can call it a strange evening.”
Source: NOS
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