PSV people live a "frustrating" evening with 23 goal attempts against Barcelona | Now

PSV players are disappointed that Wednesday night, despite many opportunities, they failed to get a result against FC Barcelona (1-2). The Eindhoven team made 23 goal attempts, more than any other team this season against the Catalans.

"I'm disappointed because we should have won from Barcelona, ​​which you probably do not have so often in your career, luck, but unfortunately we did not succeed," said defender Daniel Schwaab after the defeat.

PSV made the task more difficult for the best Spanish club on Wednesday. Before the break, the Eindhoven team hit the post or bar three times. After the break, Vedette Lionel Messi made a difference with a beautiful strike and a pass onto Gerard Piqué.

PSV also had several good chances in the second half, but Luuk de Jong scored a goal. "Too bad, because there were many more possibilities, I did not count our chances, but they were numerous," said Schwaab.

UEFA kept track of the statistics and scored 23 goal attempts for the PSV. No other team has managed this season to pull so often towards the goal of the best Spanish club.

"We have fiercely resisted"

"We put a good game on the mat and had a lot of chances," said defender Nick Viergever. "Our battle plan has worked well and we have been able to force Barcelona to make mistakes and you will also find that you have some chances against Barcelona."

PSV clashed with the Catalans with fast attackers Hirving Lozano and Steven Bergwijn. De Jong was on the midfield for the occasion, in possession of the ball, he had to find the link with the attackers.

In addition to three balloons on aluminum, this shot also produced nine shots between the posts, but Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen With a series of good saves, he kept Dutch goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen on the bench for years.

Viergever thinks that PSV has developed in European competitions. "As for the ball, it was certainly our best game in the Champions League and if we lost the ball, we would be there soon, we wanted to duel and we were successful."

The PSV scored after five duels in the heavy group B only one point. Three games were lost with a goal difference. "We have fiercely resisted, but you must be more deadly for this purpose," concluded Viergever.

"We have not had any results yet, so the whole European campaign was very frustrating, we also had some stages in this competition where we were better than Barcelona. should have rewarded us, but it was unfortunately, we are not there today. "

The PSV also missed many opportunities.

On the defensive, the PSV had to allow Barcelona to make 21 attempts. The Eindhoven team has already registered 119 goal attempts this season and is in this respect one of the weakest teams in the Champions League.

"These two goals are too easy for us, which is typical for us this year in the Champions League," said goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet. "You feel that there is more than that, but in the end, you stay empty handed."

PSV will play the last group game of the Champions League in two weeks. In Milan against Inter, only the sporting honor and the winning bonus are at stake for the Eindhoven team.

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