Feyenoord back on earth
Monday 21 September 2009
Feyenoord have not been able to
prolong their good start to the season.
In a direct confrontation with
PSV Eindhoven the Rotterdammers were clearly the lesser
of the two: 1-3.
Of course it had to wrong for Feyenoord
at some point as the team of new coach Mario Been had
been pretty fortunate in the first six games of the
season.
A strong PSV punished the defensive
vulnerability of the hometeam very efficiently and gave
Feyenoord their furst defeat of the season.
Coach Been had hoped his team would
be able to benefit from PSV's tiredness after their
European adventures in Prague on Thursday, but the team
of coach Fred Rutten made a fresh and balanced impression
in De Kuip.
After a cautious start to the game
Danny Koevermans brought the game to life.
The man from Schiedam benefitted
from bad defending of Feyenoord who twce were unable
to clear the ball from their own penalty area.
After the opening goal PSV remained
on top, especially thanks to their strong midfield.
Bakkal, Toivonen and Engelaar reigned
in De Kuip and especially Toivonen - replacing the injured
Ibrahim Afellay - caused the Feyenoord defense a lot
of trouble.
In the 20th minute Feyenoord's
defense again looked shaky when Koevermans met a Lazovic
cross to ake it 0-2.
After that terrible opening Feyenoord
got back up briefly and managed to pull one back.
Andwelé Slory was faster
than his marker Erik Pieters and face to face with Andreas
Isaksson he made no mistake: 1-2.
But Feyenoord were not able to
push through.
Center forward Tomasson was invisible
and his partner up front Cissé hadrly took part.
On the other side every cross brought
danger, but it was a solo effort by Otman Bakkal that
gave PSV a third goal before the break.
Na de rust keerde verdediger Carlos
Salcido, die Timmy Simons uit de basisploeg hield, niet
terug bij PSV. De Mexicaan had al vroeg in de wedstrijd
de gele kaart gekregen en vormde daardoor een risicofactor
bij de bezoekers. Bij Feyenoord paste Been met Diego
Biseswar voor Cissé een logische wissel toe.
PSV bleef ook in de tweede helft in alle linies de
betere ploeg. Met een dubbele wissel na een uur (Roy
Makaay en Georginio Wijnaldum voor Leerdam en Slory)
koos Been in het laatste half uur voor alles-of-niets.
Meer dan enkele halve kansen voor Tomasson en El Ahmadi
leverde het magere slotoffensief van Feyenoord niet
op. PSV speelde aanvallend wat slordiger dan voor de
rust en kwam daardoor niet meer tot scoren. Ook goudhaantje
Reis, die in Praag twee keer scoorde, bleef als invaller
deze keer zonder succe
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