PSV got through the eye of the needle on Saturday evening in the home match against PEC Zwolle. The team of coach Roger Schmidt was still 0-1 behind in the 83rd minute, but then completely turned the game around: 3-1. At PSV, Carlos Vinícius was brought in for Eran Zahavi half an hour before the end, but the Benfica mercenary once again failed to impress.
PSV won the game via Ramalho, Cody Gakpo and Olivier Boscagli and thus prevented PEC from winning for the first time this season. However, Vinicius could not prove his worth and that was also noticed by presenter Jan Joost van Gangelen. The Brazilian was inaccurate and could not make a fist against Art Langeler’s team. “That Vinícius, he is filling in for Zahavi, I don’t see anything in that,” says Van Gangelen in the Grandstand. “I’m a layman, that’s for sure.”
Mario Been completely agrees with Van Gangelen’s observation. “If we translate it to what someone is worth, I don’t see anything in it,” Been refers to the seventeen million euros that Benfica has paid to AS Monaco for Vinicius. “I believe he has also been a defender in Sweden. Yes, he is a bony striker, but I don’t see a plan B in him, what he was brought in for. Maybe Zahavi could have played even better off, then I you at least two points of reference.”
PSV ultimately executed the verdict from standard situations. Ramalho headed in from a corner from Gakpo and Boscagli put a free kick in the top right corner. “Those are moments that are very defining in football today,” said Been. “They created little or no chances in the second half. Then the goal falls from a restart and you have an excellent weapon with Ramalho. You could possibly put someone at the post, but this is really his weapon. Great. “
Arnold Bruggink did not expect that the duel would have such an apotheosis. “Before the header, nothing more happened,” said the analyst. “It took a standard situation for something to happen. It also came across on television that there was little experience in the stadium. It was not that they thought they had to help PSV over a dead point. I thought it was quite okay.” Idealess. Lots of crazy stuff. Mwene started shooting at one point. They were getting too rushed, I thought. It looked a bit desperate.”