With the impending cracker against Ajax though a little on the retina goes PSV Thursday in the away match against Zenit St. Petersburg in search of a stuntje in the Europa League. “We have to own public that we can compete with them,” said coach Phillip Cocu on the narrow defeat in Eindhoven (1-0). “Now we need to take the next step and show that we have learned from the experience we have gained.”
Cocu can not rely on the injured Santiago Arias and Karim Rekik that Sunday against Ajax might well again. He did not reveal his attitude but the expectation is that it replaces the absent pair by Joshua Brenet and Nicolas Isimat-Mirin. PSV is looking forward to Sunday for a home crowd against Ajax approaching land title still give more shine. But a win over Zenit would make the season of the club from Eindhoven even more beautiful.
“It will be a chess game,” expects Cocu. “They have players who can decide a game with an individual action. It is our challenge now is to form such a strong team with talented young players to compensate for lack of experience as a team. “
To the satisfaction of Cocu Zenit receives the opponent Eindhoven on a playable turf. PSV trained on Wednesday night at a temperature of about three degrees in Pretrovski Stadium, a few weeks ago was covered by a thick layer of snow.
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