PSV Women lose in The Hague

PSV Women lose in The Hague
2 min

The battle for third place is not yet decided. PSV Women suffers a 2-1 defeat in The Hague where an early lead was taken through Jeslynn Kuijpers and some basic players were rested.

Advantage through Kuijpers
PSV Women started the match against ADO Den Haag as the dominant side despite several changes in the team. The first pinpricks came from Kuijpers and van Schijndel. After fifteen minutes Kuijpers was one-on-one with goalkeeper Vreugdenhil and gave the team the lead: 0-1. ADO Den Haag fought their way back into the game and on the stroke of half time van Erk tapped in the equalizer: 1-1.

Decision from free kick
After half time ADO Den Haag took the initiative and goalkeeper Christ had to work hard to keep her goal clean. The winning goal came from a fine free kick by ADO Den Haag from 35 meters behind goalkeeper Christ, who was then substituted for Tijm. PSV Women tried to repeat the trick in the closing stages through Moorrees, but the free kicks did not go in. Goalkeeper Tijm kept the damage limited for PSV by taking care of the breakthrough Noordam. PSV Women lost 2-1 but remain third in the Eredivisie Women.

Lineup: Christ ('62 Thyme), Evers ('80 Akkerman), Nouwen, Moorrees, Sanders, Kuijpers ('51 Folkertsma), van Schijndel, Raaijmakers, Coolen, Van de Wetering, Susanna.