PSV had a game to quickly forget against FC Utrecht. The media wrote a lot about the game. We list the most important reports.
Boost for Ihattaren
Despite the frustrating match, Mohamed Ihattaren experienced a small boost. During the 24th minute, both the away and home crowd applauded the midfielder in connection with the death of his father. On Instagram, he thanked both teams for the support, "The feeling I got yesterday in the 24th minute of our match cannot be described. My family and I are incredibly grateful for the support of the supporters of FC Utrecht and PSV."
Timo Baumgartl: 'This should not happen '
Three goals against and two red cards. PSV's players were left with a bad aftertaste from the match against FC Utrecht. So did Timo Baumgartl. In the Eindhovens Dagblad he tried to explain the result: "After the 1-0 we certainly had the possibility to come back. What happens after that is obviously very annoying and it should not happen that we end up with nine men. Nobody does that on purpose and we obviously have to learn from this. Not going crazy and staying together is important now. We have shown in several games what we can do."
Rik Elfrink: 'PSV suffered a huge blow '
Club watcher Rik Elfrink saw a black evening for PSV. "Unnecessary" he called PSV's red cards. According to Elfrink, PSV must deal with this blow as quickly as possible: "You should not consider the whole season lost after such a black evening. It wasn't like that either. I still saw combative players and a combative coach. But PSV suffered a huge blow here. Last season's away games were not best against the top six either. That will have to improve soon."
PSV youth captains wear rainbow armband
As part of the international Coming Out Day, the captains of all PSV youth teams wore the rainbow band as their captain's armband this weekend. Patrick van de Voort of the PSV Foundation spoke about this with Hart van Nederland. "Training youth players is about more than becoming good footballers. The social part and personal development is also important. So this year all captains of the youth teams are also wearing the rainbow band to support the action."
'El Salvador ' Luuk de Jong
After his liberating goal with the Dutch national team against Northern Ireland, Luuk de Jong also showed his worth at Sevilla. In the closing stages of the match against Levante, he headed the 1-0 into the ropes. This also became the final score of the match. "Five minutes to go, the attackers had broken down on the Levante wall time after time. Then there stood up a boy from Holland named Luuk de Jong, who gave Sevilla the three points. From target of criticism to 'El Salvador,'" wrote local newspaper ABC De Sevilla.
