Today we faced the league match against Roda JC. This week we trained hard, which increased self-confidence for many players. We started the match strongly. Good positional play and every time the free space was found. After 8 minutes of play we opened the score through attentive reaction of Niek to a distance shot by Mohamed Ihattaren. With this score we went to rest. 2nd half Roda JC were clearly out of a different barrel. They were more eager and overblown PSV. After 4 minutes the counter was 2-1 in favor of Roda JC. Both balls were prepared in completely the same way. First through the left side and later through the right. Shortly after the 2 goals Mohamed-Amine sent Heritier into the depth. Whereupon he in turn put the ball on the scoreboard after a nice individual action the 2-2. Indeed, it was not to be enjoyed for long for PSV, because within 8 minutes Roda JC scored no less than 3x. Half-time score 5-2 in favor of Roda JC. A 2nd half in which PSV was clearly no longer the superior side.
In the 3rd half Mohamed Ihattaren managed to take the score to 5-3 with an individual action and a devastating shot. Shortly after, Genrich even managed to increase the score to 5-4. PSV believed in the game again and, just like in the first half, completely outplayed Roda JC. It took more risk but to no avail. The score remained 5-4. A disappointing result where the team played a good game outside in phase in the 2nd half. Again a good learning moment for the group. On to next week where Helmond Sport is the next opponent at home.