The Report

Final number 10. Today we want to erase last week's letdown against Ajax. We want to keep our goal intact and keep the pressure on Ajax high. Only winning counts today.

To have to play a final every week, which after all is what football is all about, seems a bridge too far for this group. We have the thought after last week's game that it could not be less, but today, unfortunately, the opposite is proven. Not a single chance do we create. FC Utrecht bluffs us on all fronts.

We get some hope for a reasonable result when Maxime shoots in a penalty, but things don't get any better in the second half. Season over? No, because next week is the semi-final for the cup against N.E.C. and then we all have to be on the same page. And then there will be four more finals to finish the league in a PSV-worthy way. Last seasons we proved we can do it.

Lineup: Van de Meulenhof, Teze, Soulas, Obispo, Bannani (40th Theunissen), Sadilek, Daneels (63rd Kun), Schoonbrood (44th Fernandes), Konings, Hattu (70th Catic) and Gakpo.