After one half of play at PSV-FC Groningen, the score is 1-1. Georginio Wijnaldum gave PSV the lead after only 11 minutes, but just before halftime Botteghin headed in the equalizer.
Early opening goal Wijnaldum
In the first few minutes FC Groningen had a number of chances to take the lead in Eindhoven. However, Jeroen Zoet was ready to take two chances from Van der Velden, among others. Groningen seemed to be the better team for a while, but still it was PSV that struck. Wijnaldum played the ball back to De Jong and received the ball excellently. With a beautifully curled shot he left Groningen goalkeeper Padt defenseless: 1-0. From then on, PSV dominated and had chances through Luuk de Jong. Memphis got past his man and crossed well to the striker, who headed just over. Moments later, PSV got a penalty kick. A fine pass from Memphis put Wijnaldum free in front of the goalkeeper. At the moment the midfielder wanted to strike, he was brought down by Kappelhof. Padt stopped De Jong's shot, but Memphis hit the rebound. Higler disallowed the goal, because Memphis had gone in too early. Just before halftime FC Groningen pressed for time and became dangerous through Botteghin. First he shot over after a corner, but he headed the second corner in a short time: 1-1.
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