After Feyenoord, PSV also starts the group stage of the Champions League on Wednesday evening. The team of coach Peter Bosz immediately faces the most difficult opponent in the group in North London: Arsenal. The PSV team will most likely have no changes compared to the last competition match against NEC. This means that Noa Lang is fit enough to play.
The winger had to leave the team against Nijmegen ten minutes into the second half with an apparent hamstring injury. Hirving Lozano replaced him, but for a long time it was uncertain whether Lang would make it to the match against Arsenal. On Tuesday evening after the final training, Bosz wanted to make the decision. Lang is expected to be fit enough to kick off.
This also applies to the other ten players who left NEC without a chance in the Philips Stadium on Saturday. In addition to Walter Benítez, the defense consists of Sergiño Dest, André Ramalho, Armel Bella-Kotchap and Patrick van Aanholt. The diaphragm is formed by Jerdy Schouten, Joey Veerman and Ismael Saibari. At the front, Lang and Johan Bakayoko have to provide supply to Luuk de Jong.
According to Bosz, PSV belongs in the Champions League, he said during the press conference on Tuesday. “I can perhaps describe it the least personally, because I have been there for the shortest time. But I notice around me that everyone is happy that we are back at this level. Five years of absence is a long time. I think Arsenal are the toughest opponent in the group, yes. But Arsenal also meets a team that is in shape.”
Bosz thinks he knows where the key to success lies. “They are trying to create one more man in midfield, and we are going to counter that. We will adapt on a detailed level, but our view will not change. “The most important thing is that we show courage. We are playing against a very good opponent, but we have to dare and want to play football ourselves. That will be very important to possibly win.”
Possible PSV line-up: Benitez; Dest, Ramalho, Bella-Kotchap, Van Aanholt; Schouten, Veerman, Saibari; Bakayoko, De Jong, Lang.