PSV and FC Groningen fight tomorrow to an ugly duckling: the Supercup – nrc.nl

The very first winner of the JCS was PSV in 1996 after a 3-0 win over champion Ajax in his new Arena. Photos ANP

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Advance it’s exciting to already the 20th edition of the Johan Cruijff Schaal morning that the KNVB bad blood move with awkward ticketing. The Supercup, alas: the ugly duckling among the football prizes. Tomorrow there is no dog in the Arena, and yet that pot tomorrow worth watching worth

A bit exaggerated of course. The Football Association still hoping for 25,000 spectators, which in previous years 40,000 people were drawn. With an emphasis on spectators, because there are hardly any supporters. Cup winner FC Groningen hopes with might and four thousand traveling fans, champions PSV had two weeks ago only sold 1,100 tickets, but the supporters club gambling tomorrow anyway on three thousand people.

Well, so does the KNVB not exactly handy . The union has apparently suffered from a computer says’ no ‘evil’ associations and supporters from both Groningen and Eindhoven complain about juggling with ticket prices. So get relations of the federation (almost) gift and go prices for at least once on the head fans joined clubs. Moreover, everyone knows that the KNVB each year desperate youth teams, students and amateur footballers within cycling to still get a bit occupation of the 53,000 seats.

The internationals Tjaronn Chery and Georginio Wijnaldum (R) Groningen and PSV hit this summer their many scoring ‘number 10′ lost. Photos ANP / Koen van Weel

But now the sporting aspect

Because it is natural to the game. We have two teams – if it’s good – still are pretty hungry. PSV has been for years and will be champion again except at that price a direct sequel to give send a signal: captain and star player left, but still a strong whole.

With a little imagination you could even say that PSV – nine times winner of the Super Cup -. Quite like La Decima will want to accomplish

FC Groningen won the KNVB Cup last season even his first Grand Prix ever. And where PSV most often of all the clubs fight to win the Supercup, it is for the northerners their debut in the ever as PTT Telecom Cup created (1991) prestige fight. The team of head coach Erwin van de Looi hit two key players lost and will want to know six Europa League matches on the horizon where it stands against a team of European caliber.

• Phillip Cocu lost his champion team of course Memphis Depay which accounted for 25 goals last season. PSV must be taken in tow by a new leader because Georginio Wijnaldum (16 goals) left. Looi of the left Tjaronn Chery (15 goals) go and he also saw his lieutenant, in the person of Maikel Kieftenbeld, leave.
• Not spicy, but flavorful detail that took FC Groningen PSV youth product Abel Tamata. He arrived in Eindhoven to 18 matches in the first, but got this summer to hear no longer needed there.
• The Green Whites steps possible with yesterday’s PEC Zwolle acquired striker Jesper Drost, who last fortuitously years at the expense of Ajax won the Johan Cruijff Schaal yet. Bryan Linssen, last season 10 goals and eight assists in Heracles, will definitely play. We can not say Eric Botteghin Feyenoord pulls hard to the central defender.
• At PSV, we can expect the most important purchases Davy Pröpper, Gaston Pereiro and Maxime Lestienne. Andres Guardado is fresh back from the Gold Cup won by Mexico and are probably allowed to rest.


PEC Zwolle did last year against Ajax that the battle for the JCS can be fun and surprising: 0-1. Photos ANP / Olaf Kraak

Do you then want to win bowl?

Yes. Sure! A price is a price and there would be no single (self-respecting) club and player, his nose must pick up. It is typical that neither the Super Cup or the Cup in our country reaches maturity, which in other countries that are just as good football mad indeed cultivated as such.

Winning the Supercup has historically been favorable as well as unfavorable for the title aspirations. PSV won him most often (9) but there is also then the best in order not to convert those good start to the season in an eventual national championship six times went wrong. Ajax won eight times and was then five times champion.

FC Groningen have about that kind of trivia not think and can just sit on tomorrow for the second prize in three months. Just as PEC Zwolle did last year with success.

The battle for the Johan Cruijff Schaal tomorrow to live on FOX 18:00 pm (open network).

And further …

• NK Athletics in the Olympic Stadium is busy with tomorrow’s final day. With tonight include the finals 200m sprint and relay races tomorrow.
• The peloton is one week after the Tour wer all the Spanish mountains. The last classic of the season is on the program: Clásica San Sebastián. Including Bauke Mollema and Steven Kruijswijk Wilco Kelderman at the start.
• And Poland is the plaatselijek stage race starts. No childish contest with the participation of, among others, Robert Gesink, Jurgen Van den Broeck, Fabio Aru and Marcel Kittel, which may try to go once again.

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