After his debut as captain in the Eredivisie, now comes the first game in the Europa League as captain of PSV. Denzel Dumfries looks forward to the important game against Sporting with confidence.
Both PSV, Sporting and LASK can still advance to the knockout stage of the Europa League. For the team, a result at the Estádio José Alvalade is necessary. ''This is a very important duel, you know the standings and you know you have to get a result.''
Starting point
Last Sunday's win over SC Heerenveen is a starting point, according to Dumfries. 'We played a very good first half and we have to take that into this game. We have always had confidence in the team and in ourselves. We also started well in the Europa League. The away game at LASK was a big bummer, but I am confident of a good result tomorrow night.''
Focus
The magic word according to Dumfries is focus. After the win over the Frisians, an important week has begun for PSV. ''It's nice to win, but the focus was right there on Monday morning. ''I think it will be as open a duel as in Eindhoven, we will have to be very focused to get a good result.