Van Bommel & # 39; true evil & # 39; against PSV in the first half against Groningen Now

Although the PSV also remained away from the Premier League at FC Groningen on Saturday, Mark van Bommel left mixed feelings. The coach was disturbed by his team's first-half match.

"We started building like never before, helping Groningen in the race, which we did very badly." We were not agreed on that, "said Van Bommel ] to FOX Sports .

"It was the first time that I was different from normal during the break, it was also the first time we had setbacks and that did not work, we were guilty of it ourselves. "

According to Van Bommel, his team was somewhat impressed by FC Groningen, who started the game well and played physically.The coach saw his team do something other than normal.

" J ' said: this is not possible, we gave our opponent the feeling that there was something to gain, we let the balls bounce unnecessarily and the bullets badly quoted. with concentration. "

De Jong:" It came from far away "

Captain Luuk de Jong spoke with the same meaning The captain, like Van Bommel, found that PSV had a hard time switching to Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadium

"It came from far away, it was certainly not good, in the first half, we were not the goal of Groningen", "We reacted a little we woke up and we were still happy for the rest of the match, 1-1. "said the striker, who did not score and missed two decent chances in the second half.

a lot of confidence in the locker room. "

De Jong also noticed that the agreements were not honored at PSV. "We sometimes took too much risk and were too far apart, which meant that Groningen could put pressure on more easily," the Duels were lost and that's all. simply not allowed. "We had a hard time, so I'm very happy with all three points."

PSV has eight points ahead of Ajax and ten at Feyenoord thanks to victory in Groningen. These clubs meet on Sunday in the Johan Cruijff ArenA.

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