ALLES OVER | BELANGRIJK DUEL MET OUDE LIEFDE: LUUK KAN RECORD VERBREKEN
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| LUUK KAN RECORD VERBREKEN |
For PSV, the decisive match is just around the corner in the UEFA Champions League. Peter Bosz, the head coach, made the trip to Spain to face Sevilla FC for the second time in the group round. Luuk de Jong is setting a club record in a match that puts PSV on its first winning streak in the Spanish league since years.
Earlier this season, PSV and Sevilla FC faced off in a crowded Philips Stadium. Nemanja Gudelj schoot de bezoekers in minuut 68 op voorsprong om vervolgens te gaan met een spektaculaire tweede helft. Het was een boeiende wedstrijd. PSV ran smoothly via a Luuk strafschop in the 86th minute, but Sevilla FC's 2-1 victory was then secured by a goal from Marokkaanse striker Youssef En-Nesyri. Euforie naar teleurstelling ging de hoofdmacht om het Philips Stadion in de blessuretijd te laten ontploffen. De voeten van Jordan Teze, de bal achter Sevilla FC-doelman Ørjan Nyland, kwam via de kluts een vrije trap van Hirving Lozano. He corrected the score to 2-2 and gave PSV a point.
Previous season
After this season, the two ploegen slechts twee times against each other in action. Both matches took place earlier in the season, in the first round of the UEFA Europa League knockout stage. Sevilla FC won both of the matches 3-2, bringing the longest run to an end. Het 3-0 win over "Los Hispalenses" in Andalusië meant that PSV's 2-0 lead was insufficient to overcome. In the end, Luuk and Fábio Silva were held accountable for the red-white makers' failures.
Trainerswitches and tandems
A week after the meeting in Eindhoven, the Spanish club hired José Luis Mendilibar as their head coach. De resultaten met Diego Alonso, zijn echter niet on vooruitgegaan met zijn opvolger aan het roer. Sevilla FC lost both of their matches against Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League and hasn't won a league championship since then.
Ten punten na vier wedstrijden bekleed de ploeg momenteel de vierde plek in de PSV-UEFA Champions League-poule. PSV is ranked second and can accomplish good overwintering in the prestigious Tornadoe with a little effort. If RC Lens continues to believe in Arsenal, then PSV is undoubtedly the team of the next round. Het onderlinge resultaat is voorbeeld van PSV en leidend na puntenaantal.
The opponents from Spain
It is the only time that PSV has scored three points in the league after meeting a Spanish opponent in the UEFA Champions League. In de groepsfase van het seizoen 2003–2004 won PSV 1 3-2 in Deportivo La Coruña's home stadium thanks to a winning goal from John de Jong in the dying moments.
The last update on a Spanish opponent in a European duel is for the 2020–2021 season. Under the direction of regular head coach Roger Schmidt, PSV took the field against Granada CF. Donyell Malen began his journey with the sole goal of winning the goudhaantje. Two of the players who started the match in the foundation are still active members of the team: Olivier Boscagli and Jordan Teze.
Luuk, top scorer
Luuk de Jong is now considered to be crucial to PSV in European competitions. He thus defeated RC Lens (1-0) in the most recent match and established himself as a narrator of crucial points in European home fights on zes. If the center back is able to find a way to overcome the Spanish opponents, he will be able to lead his club to the top scorer every time in the UEFA Champions League. He now shares the title with Ruud van Nistelrooij (8 doelpunten).