Marciano Vink believes that Érick Gutiérrez and Marco van Ginkel played a crucial role as substitutes in PSV’s compelling victory against AS Monaco. The Eindhoven team dragged away a 3-2 victory before the gates of hell and continue in the play-offs of the Champions League against Rangers. “Up to the 85th minute you actually gave 0.0 for PSV’s chances, and then it falls one minute before the end. Fantastic,” said Vink afterwards. ESPN.
A week ago, PSV gave up a 1-0 lead in Monte Carlo (1-1 final score). “Those who came in canceled last week, Van Ginkel and Gutic“, says Vink. “Then I thought that PSV was really getting less. Today they really lifted the team over the last hurdle, which is also nice. It’s also nice for a trainer to see that your bench can also mean something.” Kenneth Perez agrees. “Gutic came in really well,” said the analyst about the Mexican, who made it 2-2 with a header in minute 89 and with it an extension.
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Perez saw that PSV did not have to rely on its star players on Tuesday. “Today it was guys who normally don’t pull the cart that really fought, gave everything, but the football was not good,” he analyzes. “Gakpo is a boy who is actually for that, who should have taken PSV by the hand, but he was perhaps the worst of them all. He really didn’t pass a lamppost, he had no value at all.”
And match winner Luuk de Jong, who freed PSV with a late header, also had a very difficult time according to Perez. “Luuk de Jong initially did not get a foot on the ground, he then makes the 3-2.” Perez is nevertheless happy for the center striker. “This means a lot to Luuk de Jong, because he is important here, he is really a figurehead here, and the captain. At those other clubs he only came in when it got difficult, but that’s why it means a lot to him.”
Vink is impressed by PSV’s last goal, which fell deep into extra time. “These are the balls that you would actually like to see much more on Luuk de Jong. These are the balls: Johan Bakayoko puts it back with the right speed and Joran Teze gives it just perfect. It’s an ABC for Luuk, the ideal pass for a striker like him.”