Spring is coming, the weather is getting kinder and the time to play football is getting more enjoyable. Now we just need to get the points that have been lacking in recent weeks.
Everything was in place to make it a fun afternoon. And what do you want, 70% ball possession for PSV, several nice to good chances and as so often, not too much luck.
Some chances from Zakaria and Ruben were not enough to pass the NAC goalkeeper, although in Ruben's case, he did not know how to stop the ball. Zakaria also managed to get
from a free kick and hit the ball hard into the crossbar, out of reach of the goalkeeper.
But it remains 0-0 and we are heading for half-time. And then there is that one moment when we are not quite there and standing at the far post, the number 7 of NAC registers the 1 - 0.
Then it has to happen in the second half. We have a lot of time on the ball again but first we need a handsball to make sure that Anthony can score from the penalty awarded to us.
Anthony scored the well-deserved equalizer from the penalty awarded. 1 - 1.
Then the game quickly goes back and forth and it is possible that both teams can still score the winning goal. An indirect free kick inside our penalty area is luckily shot by NAC
fortunately over the high fence and the score remained unchanged.
Just goes to show: no luck in the first half and bad luck in the second.
Next week the meeting with Heerenveen is scheduled, so good luck.


PSV: Eric Verstappen, Joshua Brenet, Riechedly Bazoer, Jorrit Hendrix, Wouter Soomer, Thomas Horsten, Elvio van Overbeek, Farshad Noor (55 Jakobsen), Ruben Bentancourt, Mohamed Rayhi (70 Anthony van den Hurk), Zakaria Bakkali (70 Alberto Antonio).
Heerenveen/Emmen: Bas Douma, Thomas de Jong (Rudmer Loonstra), Jens Streutker, Robert van Koesveld (Juan van Dorpel), Fahd Aktaou, Stephen Walmolts, Bilal Basacikoglu, Daley Sinkgraven (Roelof Strikwerda), Vasileios Emmanouil (Antal Péter), Daniel Geissler, Hakim Ziyech (Adnan Harhour).