By coming Malik Tilman, Guus Til steals the show at PSV again

After just an hour of playing, NOA for a long time modest cheering his fist. Because of his assist on captain Luuk de Jong, PSV seems to have decided the match against FC Twente with two fast goals. It is 3-1 for the visitors from Eindhoven. Nevertheless, it will know for a long time that he is indebted to those who, a few seconds, rather split the entire Twente defense with a pass: Guus Til.

With a goal and an assist, Til is also involved in the first two goals from PSV. His value is great on Thursday evening – and that while he only heard that he would start in the base shortly before the game against FC Twente. Malik Tilman, the creative brain of PSV, came too late on Thursday afternoon in the competition meeting and was put on the bench by trainer Peter Bosz.

It is not the first time this season that a PSV player is too late. For that reason Ismael Saibari was even put out of the selection for a short time, and now it was Tilman who had to take a seat on the couch. Just like then, he was replaced by Til.

It is remarkable that players from PSV are late. Everyone at PSV must be sharp from trainer Peter Bosz. No longer because of the battle for the national title, which, despite the loss of Ajax, no longer seems to be exciting. Few in Eindhoven will believe that Ajax of the four remaining matches will lose two.

A loss or draw in Enschede would fully reduce the tension for PSV – but then for maintaining the valuable second place in the ranking, which guarantees direct placement for the Champions League. PSV is five points ahead of Feyenoord; In the event of a loss, the Rotterdammers could approach two points, in order to finish it in a direct duel in their own Kuip next week.

For FC Twente there was a lot less at stake at the kick -off Thursday. After a good European campaign, Chagrijn dominates in Enschede. In the competition, Twente won only sixteen points in the past eleven games. The battle with FC Utrecht for place four is therefore almost decided. The team of coach Joseph Oosting almost certainly seems to be heading for the play-offs for European football in advance.

Flashy opening phase

Yet on Thursday it is FC Twente that immediately chooses the attack in the first minute. And with success: even before the big banner of the atmospheric action on the fanatic course P in its entirety, it is already 1-0. After bumbling in the back of PSV, where Richard Ledezma right back estimates a ball full traffic, captain Ricky van Wolfswinkel can release and tick in between four PSV defenders in the penalty area. Also Armando Obispo, centrally in the back instead of the injured Olivier Boscagli, cannot prevent the ball from returning to the middle dot for the kick -off within the minute. The Grolsch Veste explodes, PSV has to work.

The fierce start of the home team is not a follow -up. PSV, which plays without Serginho Dest, Malik Tillman and Jerdy Schouten, is nevertheless lord and master in the Grolsch Veste. Due to fast combinations, Ryan Flaming knows how to find the free man in the structure. That quickly ensures the first opportunities for the people of Eindhoven. After five minutes, a shot from Ivan Perisic is taken by Twente keeper Unnerstall. Not much later, Guus Til represents, on which the ball comes half -high in front of Ivan Perisic’s right foot. The Kroaat suddenly takes out and leaves Twente keeper Unnerstall without a chance: 1-1.

Even after the equalizer, PSV can easily put pressure and create opportunities – which also has every opportunity. Twente gives away a lot of space and leaves away balls after air duels, the so -called ‘second ball’, far too often to the visitors. Twente keeper Unnerstall, the Twentse Lat and the Paal prevent it from being 4-1 before the PSV.

Even in the second half, a rapidly combining PSV gratefully makes use of the large spaces that it gets. The two goals after half -time, a header of Til and an inliner from De Jong, ensure that the last hope is pressed into the home team. The stands sounds whistling and grumbling like Saibari on behalf of another big chance. FC Twente is powerless to do something about it.

Sem Steijn, who was explicitly informed by Feyenoord this week, according to various media, cannot make the difference on Thursday. If he actually makes the switch, Steijn could have done his future club and himself a great pleasure by scoring. But the top scorer of the Eredivisie is not in the play.

After the game it is mainly about the incident with Laatkomer Tilman, who came in in the second half. According to Joey Veerman, it was laughed in the dressing room that Til is more often lucky by the latecomers. « He has already played five bonus matches. »

Trainer Peter Bosz agrees that being too late is a recurring problem in his selection. « In the beginning you finish it with fines, but if it happens more often you have to intervene. » Although he does not want to go so far to attribute the relapse of his team in the competition to the coming. « That is speculation. » Bosz is short and satisfied with the competition. « We won and we did that with good football. There is no discussion about that. »

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