Roda JC O12 was our guest today at the Herdgang. To keep up with leader Feyenoord we will need to win today. After the lesser game against Feyenoord last week this was a good opponent to take revenge and keep the 3 points in Eindhoven.
The start of the match showed two teams both eager to fight for the win, both PSV and Roda had small chances in the first minutes of the match, but the attackers were not yet sharp enough in front of the goal. In the 6th minute a free kick was quickly taken by Joep, who played the ball to Joey who managed to get the ball to Martijn who had perfectly positioned himself in front of the goal, and could not miss this opportunity so the 1-0 was on the board. 1 Minute later a free kick perfectly placed at the 2nd post by Mylian, Jesse was in the right place to neatly work the ball in 2-0. Everyone sat up and took notice because this could well lead to a monster score, but the Roda boys disagreed. Roda continued to work hard and lurk for their chance, the PSV defense was sloppy one time in getting rid of the ball, Roda took advantage of that and it was 2-1. In the 17 minute PSV could increase the distance again because Joep shot a perfect cross without thinking in one go at goal 3-1. In the 25 minute PSV was on the attack again but by running with the ball too long Roda was able to intercept the ball and via a well executed counter score the 3-2. After everyone expected a monster score, the score at halftime was 3-2 and the game was wide open.
The players themselves said at halftime that they were not satisfied with the play they had shown, Roda was fiercer, so faster action was necessary, and they also thought they needed to play the ball harder. So these were the orders for after halftime: play faster, play harder and play simple football from the sides.
In the 40th minute it was Joey who got a great chance, the way to the goal was completely free, Joey had made a different choice and saw that Mylian was even better in front, so not selfishly passed the ball to Mylian who now really could not miss 4-2. 3 Minutes later Joep managed to increase the score to 5-2 with a nice stick, now the game was played and Roda's resistance was broken.
In the 53 minute a free kick by Mylian was unluckily shot into his own goal by a Roda player 6-2. In the 58 minute Mylian kept a good overview, from 35 meters he saw that the Roda goalkeeper was too far in front of his goal, with the kicking technique of Mylian it was no problem to find the empty goal 7-2. In the last minute it was D'Leanu who managed to reach Dylan with a nice through ball, Dylan in turn managed to reach Joris with a deep pass who coolly finished 8-2. This was also the final score.
Regularly the boys alternated good play with bad play, letting Roda believe too long on a good result. If they learn to play simple and at a slightly higher pace, games like this should be played before half-time. With the qualities present at PSV they should not get themselves into trouble by overestimating the opponent, or by laziness. But if you still manage to win 8-2, this is of course easier said than done. On Tuesday the boys have a friendly match against the O13 of Baronie, a year older so a bit more physical resistance, and they will have to use their football skills to overcome the physical resistance. The qualities are there for this, now only to show on the field, and then the whole match.