PSV Eindhoven and Eran Zehavi are currently continuing the not-so-simple chase after Ajax at the top of the Dutch league, this time with a meeting in the 29th round against Valwick, in front of the local crowd at Phillips Stadium.
After the 1: 2 lead of Sparta Rotterdam, the gap at the top has grown to seven points and the Israeli striker and his friends want to return it to four, with only 15 points left in the box office. No. 7, who has not scored in the last two games in all competitions, started the game on Roger Schmidt’s bench, but hopes to help his team stay in the picture of the title fight.
PSV came into the meeting against the bottom team after a dramatic 3: 3 in the league against Twente, in a game in which they came back from a 3-0 deficit to equalize, but eventually dropped two important points, and 0: 0 away in the first of two meetings against Leicester in the quarter Conference League Final.
In the previous meeting this season against Valwick, in the first round, the leading runner-up of the Dutch league recorded 1: 4 away, enjoying goals from Yorba Vertsen (pair), Cody Gakpo and Philippe Moena. In the ranks of the guests opened ex-Maccabi Haifa, Michil Kramer, and Mela Molenstein, the son of the former Greens coach, Rene Molenstein. By the way, the professional manager of Valwick is Mo Allah, another ex-Haifa.
11th minute: Eindhoven came close to taking the lead when Broma sent a dangerous ball from the left and Wasen headed in at the last minute.
19th minute: Marco van Hinkel tried his strength with a kick from outside the box and released a flat ball that was pushed to the corner.
25 min: What a miss by Broma. The Portuguese came up with a great opportunity, but Molenstein stopped him at the last minute.
30 min: Another attempt by Broma. The midfielder tried his luck from a distance when he released a flat kick from 20 yards out, but the goalkeeper, Etienne Wassen, jumped and caught.
Minute 38: Gate! PSV went up to 0: 1: The Reds’ back to the field was removed from Ahmed Tova’s head, Joy Wirman was the first to the return ball and he sent a huge bomb that was stopped only in the net.
43 minutes: Jordan Zeta was not covered in the visitors’ court, Mauro Jr. saw him and sent an archery ball towards him. The right-back kicked a ball from the air that went not far from Wassen’s crossbar.