After a brief interruption, the Eredivisie resumes for PSV with an away game against sc Heerenveen. Peter Bosz sees the end of this season approaching and discusses the focal points, the importance of winning in Friesland and also shares an update from the patch.
The loss of Sergiño Dest hit like a bomb. The Head Coach says that everyone on the squad sympathizes with the American, who is out of action for the time being due to a serious knee injury. "We're all devastated by that. It's terrible. He told the group together with the doctor, then there was a dead silence. That says it all."
Interests
There is a possibility that PSV may call themselves national champions on Thursday night, but Bosz says he is not concerned with that at all. "I don't suffer from championship jitters. That may also be because we don't have it in our own hands. For me it is 'just' a game against sc Heerenveen, which we want to win. I try to approach it as we have done every week. This season has shown that this is a fine way to go. We concentrate completely on the opponent and see how we can beat them."
Opponent
With Kees van Wonderen, the Head Coach once again meets a former teammate. Thursday night's opponent can count on a lot of praise. "sc Heerenveen has a good team. They can play good football. The strange thing is that Kees pays a lot of attention to organization, but they get quite a few goals against. If you look at their way of playing. Speed on the side, attacking backs... I really don't think they are an unkind team."
Bosz is focusing entirely on his own team and wants to continue that mode until playoff round 34. "We can only win our own game, after that we have to wait and see. I think it is a challenge anyway to win the last four games, we are going to do everything we can to do that. If you can finish on 93 points, that's a fantastic challenge. We'll go for that."
Return
Sergiño's injury is a major blow to PSV. Who will fill the left-back position at the Abe Lenstra Stadion, he leaves in the middle for now. "Mauro JR and Patrick van Aanholt can both take care of Sergiño's injury."
Nevertheless, there is also good news from the patch. "Ismael Saibari and Ricardo Pepi have returned to training this week and will travel with us to Friesland."
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