the perfect start

By: j | August 30th, 2008

PSV started the defense of their title with a resounding, never-in-doubt 5-1 humiliation of FC Utrecht on the strength of Ibrahim Afelley and Danny Koevermans both scoring twice with Nordin Amrabat adding another.

Hubb Steven’s squad controlled the match start to finish, executing passes and dictating play without virtually any opposition. In defense of FC Utrecht, they were missing a number of players and unfortunately their bench offered little to control PSV and this had all the makings of significantly worse blowout as Balázs Dzsudzsák and Mike Zonneveld looked capable of scoring on a number of occasions. Ibrahim Afellay and Nordin Amrabat were absolutely stunning, creating attacking scenarios and solidifying why they are so highly regarded in the Football world. Either could be considered “man-of-the-match”, however in a 5-1 dismantling, I think it must be shared within the entire team.

After the international break, PSV will face Sparta Rotterdam on September 13 at Philips Stadion.

Match details
Scoring
PSV: 42′ Afellay,45′ Amrabat,45′ Koevermans,48′ Afellay,77′ Koevermans
FC Utrecht: 90′ Uiterloo

PSV
Isaksson,Salcido,Pieters,Marcellis,Bréchet,Middenveld,Wuytens,Simons, Méndez,Afellay,Aanval, Koevermans,Amrabat
Substitutes
46 Culina (Wuytens), 73 Zonneveld (Méndez),78 Dzsudzsák (Amrabat)

FC Utrecht
Vorm,Schut,Keller,Dickoh,Van Buuren,Somers,Sanmartean,Silberbauer,Loval,George, Uiterloo
Substitutes
27 Caluwé (Sanmartean),58 Schaken (Van Buuren),69 Markiet (Keller)

Category: PSV Team News

Tags: FC Utrecht, PSV Team News, Sparta Rotterdam

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• bertil |  August 31st, 2008 at 2:41 pm

  
  
  

  Great to see a PSV-blog here on The Offside. Good luck with this, j! I added the blog to my rss-reader.

  Our start was indeed excellent, even more because Ajax, Feyenoord and AZ lost. It’s now written in the AD that they sold Vayrynen to Heerenveen.

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• SydAjax |  September 4th, 2008 at 2:27 pm

  
  
  

  Any idea why PSV never changes their away jerseys? Please don’t tell me its a “we’ll change them when we don’t win the Eredivisie…”

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• j |  September 6th, 2008 at 10:12 am

  
  
  

  Bertil - thank you for joining in. I can’t wait till the international break is over and we can get back to playing.

  SydAjax…well, if I had that thought of saying that I would have - lol. Honestly I’m the last one to ask about kits. I’m the old-guard who wish we’d have shirts (same on each year) with just a crest. However I like your answer best : )

  Thanks again for joining and if you’re interested in anything in particular just let me know. I’m going to try and cover PSV opponents a bit more as they are missing blogs.

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• bertil |  September 13th, 2008 at 4:58 am

  
  
  

  Syd, look here for an overview of PSV away jerseys through the years:
  [url]http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/4929/psvshirtsuitafgelopen25iw8.jpg[/url]

  I think they couldn’t use the current one against Utrecht because Utrecht has also white in their shirt.

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