Marco van Ginkel criticized the tactics of his team after the match between PSV and Benfica. The captain appears in an interview with RTL 7 not happy with Roger Schmidt’s substitution policy, speaks of a lack of inspiration in his team and believes that PSV tried too little to force a breakthrough. PSV failed to qualify for the group stage of the Champions League due to a 0-0 draw.
“Yes, this is very sour”, agrees Van Ginkel. The red card for Lucas Verissimo was optimistic, Van Ginkel acknowledges. “At halftime we are confident, we thought: we are going to score that goal. You have to make sure that they get tired. We had a few chances, but just not…” The midfielder admits that PSV has taken the necessary steps. made mistakes. “We suffered unnecessary loss of the ball. The ball has to go around quickly, you have to tap it. But we have done little.”
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“In the end there were also few ideas to score another goal,” said Van Ginkel, who then seems to be critical of Schmidt’s instructions and substitutions. “I would throw a few forward, but little has happened. A few smaller guys come in on the side (Bruma and Yorbe Vertessen, ed.), but the big boys stayed at the back. You have to force something, but we didn’t do that.” Van Ginkel himself was substituted in the seventieth minute and had no pain, he says. “No. Not happy about it. But yes, it is.”
Benfica has done everything to keep the zero, notes Van Ginkel. “It is a very mature team. You know that they are going to waste a lot of time, lie on the ground. They did that well and we didn’t.” PSV enter the group stage of the Europa League due to the draw. On Friday, the vice champion of the Netherlands gets to know the opponents in the group stage.