The report

Despite a weak first half, PSV went into halftime with a 2-1 lead. In the second half, PSV recovered and the game was considerably better. In the end, the match ended with a big 9-2 victory.

De Graafschap started the match brightly and PSV had no answer. Nevertheless, in the sixth minute the first chance of the match was for PSV and this gave PSV a corner. The corner was taken by Milan Govaers and shot hard by Jesper Uneken 1-0. Even after this goal, the match picture did not change. The visitors were brighter and created some opportunities that were not exploited, PSV played sloppy and unconcentrated. Against the odds, PSV took a 2-0 lead in the 18th minute. Iggy Houben crossed the ball and Jesper Uneken tapped in the 2-0. This large lead just did not bring peace to PSV's play. PSV created a few more opportunities but no more goals were scored by the home club. Four minutes before time, De Graafschap did something back. At first Kjell Peersman was able to stop the effort but the rebound was tapped in by a De Graafschap player, 2-1. This was also the score at halftime.

PSV started the second half well and showed that they wanted to make the bad first half forgotten. Soon after the start of the second half, PSV scored. In the 38th minute a goal kick from the De Graafschap goalkeeper was intercepted. Iggy Houben crossed the ball and Ruben van Bommel tapped in the 3-1. With this the match seemed to be over. Five minutes after this goal De Graafschap equalized, 3-2, but two minutes later the difference was already two goals again. Sven Simons gave a nice through ball to Ruben van Bommel. After a long sprint Ruben tapped the ball into the far corner, 4-2. In the 49th minute it became 5-2. A shot by Livano Comenencia was initially blocked. Ruben van Bommel tapped the ball wide and Iggy Houben tapped in. The game was now played and PSV played freely. In the 50th minute, Jaivy Lourens picked up the ball near the center line. In a long sprint Jaivy outplayed several De Graafschap players and shot into the far corner, 6-2. PSV was now in complete control of the match. In the 56th minute, a beautifully taken free kick by Ruben van Bommel was headed in by Iggy Houben, 7-2. In the 62nd minute, after a short corner, the ball was crossed by Iggy Houben. Yaël Gil y Muinos headed the ball back and Jesper Uneken headed in, 8-2. In the 66th minute, Chahid el Allachi played the ball to Ruben van Bommel. Ruben rounded a De Graafschap defender and with a nice curve ball he put the final score of 9-2 on the scoreboard.

Setup: Kjell Peersman, Livano Comenencia, Luc Netten, Yaël Gil y Muinos, Julian Kuijpers, Milan Govaers (54' Chahid el Allachi), Iggy Houben, Sven Simons, Jesper Uneken, Matteo Dams (36' Jaivy Lourens), Shi-jon Martina (36' Ruben van Bommel).