Dec 12, 2023 at 10:31 PM Update: 2 hours ago
Peter Bosz is proud of how PSV presented itself against Arsenal on Tuesday. The trainer believes that his significantly changed team has shown itself well, was proud of a compliment from Kai Havertz and praised Malik Tillman.
While Bosz had to admit after Arsenal’s 4-0 defeat in September that coach Mikel Arteta’s team was a few sizes too big for PSV, the trainer sat like a proud man on Tuesday evening after the 1-1 draw. the press conference.
PSV’s ‘B team’, which played without Hirving Lozano, Noa Lang, Jerdy Schouten and Joey Veerman, performed excellently against Arsenal, which had also changed significantly. “That match in London cannot be compared to tonight’s, no.”
“But you can say that we have learned from the mistakes we made. Today we also had clear-cut opportunities that we did not get there. So I am satisfied.”
Against Arsenal, Bosz chose a number of players who normally don’t play much. Mauro Júnior started for the first time this season, Armando Obispo made his first minutes since March and left back Patrick van Aanholt started as a defensive midfielder.
Bosz saw that those players went along with the level and pace, as if they had been there all season. “I have not seen any lesser experiments. Every experiment has been successful. When you see how Armando, Mauro and Patrick did it, it is fantastic. That makes me proud as a trainer.”
Havertz praised PSV
That pride also came from the fact that despite all the changes, little appeared to have changed in PSV’s game. The team put pressure as always and dared to play football from the back even without passers like Schouten and Veerman.
Bosz received a compliment about this from Arsenal playmaker Kai Havertz, with whom he worked in the past at Bayer Leverkusen. “He said that they wanted to put full pressure on us at the start, but that they did not succeed in the first twenty minutes. That says something about how we dared to play.”
And also about the willingness of the PSV players, who got their chance on Tuesday. The substitutes have been of great value to the Eindhoven team on several occasions this season. Now that some of them were allowed to start, they seemed motivated to show themselves.
“I’ve said before that this is the best group I’ve worked with. That has to do with players turning a disappointment into something good. Whether they play four minutes or 14 minutes, they want to go all out. That’s what makes it so.” a unique group.”
Bosz: ‘I’m not interested in who we draw’
PSV will make the draw for the knockout phase of the Champions League on Monday. Bosz has no preference for an opponent. “That doesn’t interest me. It will be a strong opponent anyway. Although a number of teams may not be happy if they draw us.”
‘Advertisement for Dutch football’
Although the Apeldoorn coach also knows that it has to do with quality. The trainer repeatedly expressed his admiration for Johan Bakayoko at the press conference. The elusive right winger made a big impression again against Arsenal.
Tillman also received a compliment from Bosz. “Today he played great. It was almost scary, as good as he was. I really enjoyed sitting on the bench.”
Bosz hopes that the spectators did the same, although the match between PSV and Arsenal was no longer about anything. After all, both teams had already qualified for the knockout phase of the Champions League.
“I understand that people thought in advance that this could be a boring match. But I think this was a good advertisement for Dutch football. That especially makes me proud.”
2023-12-12 21:31:30
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