VIDEOPSV trainer Roger Schmidt was not hard on the Eindhoven players after his team’s 3-0 defeat against Real Sociedad on Thursday, although she and he literally and figuratively got a wet suit in Spain.
,,We were not the lesser tonight’, said the coach after the game. ,,We lost because of mistakes. We are not in a good position for the 1-0, at the 2-0 Érick Gutiérrez suffers his only loss of the ball and after the red card we are seen.”
Schmidt said nothing about referee Felix Zwayer, who was quite lavish with yellow cards. ,,I haven’t seen the red card action yet, to be honest. That’s why I can’t say anything about it. I don’t think they were better than us and put our mistakes to good use. We had control of the game and a lot of possession.”
I still think our approach is a logical one. We believe in ourselves and also controlled the game with our pressing.
Schmidt does not think that PSV should have done things differently and that PSV should have played less offensively, something Real Sociedad could counter. “Things can always be different afterwards. I still think our approach is a logical one. We believe in ourselves and also controlled the game with our pressing. Only we should have created more in the opponent’s sixteen from possession of the ball. We play this football because our style is active and I believe this is the right approach and not defending for 90 minutes. That’s not the best style for us. I love this and accept that sometimes things turn out to be unfortunate and not everything works out. Individual mistakes have nothing to do with the approach.”
Noni Madueke was injured again at PSV and that hurt Schmidt too. ,,It was not our day, to be honest. We need to check this. The spot on the field didn’t look like a place to get a muscle injury. What bad luck for Noni, especially when he had worked so hard to come back.”
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