Roger Schmidt lost sight of reality after Real Sociedad – PSV (3-0), according to journalist Rik Elfrink of the Eindhovens Dagblad. The club watcher questions Schmidt’s comment that PSV had ‘control’ over the match. In Estadio Anoeta, PSV opted for an offensive style of play, despite a draw being enough to continue in the Europa League. With that, PSV ran into the number five of LaLiga.
“After the duel with Real Sociedad, Schmidt lost sight of reality by stating that his team had control over the game and was not inferior to the Spaniards. According to Schmidt, Sociedad was ‘no better’ than PSV, but made the home team made good use of PSV’s mistakes. “We had control over the game and a lot of ball possession”, said the coach. He defended his playing style and spoke of a ‘logical’ approach. “We believe in ourselves and also controlled the game with our pressing. Only we should have created more in the opponent’s sixteen from possession.”
“We play this football because our style is active and I believe this is the right approach and not that 90 minutes of defending helps. That is not the best style for us,” said Schmidt. “I love this and accept that sometimes things turn out to be unfortunate and not everything works out. Individual mistakes have nothing to do with the approach.” According to Elfrink, however, there was a ‘false preponderance’ of PSV. “PSV was not outplayed, but countered and created almost nothing despite the many ball possessions. A nice shot by Philipp Mwene and a nice swipe by Armindo Bruma were the fruits of the attacking drive, where Sociedad was able to record quite a few extra feats of arms.”
Elfrink agrees with Schmidt’s judgment that the defeat is partly due to mistakes. Schmidt said that PSV was ‘not good’ before the 1-0, which resulted from a penalty, pointed to ‘the only’ loss of the ball by Erick Gutiérrez before the 2-0 and concluded that PSV had no chance after Ibrahim Sangaré’s red card. used to be. “What can be blamed on the coach is that he did not urge his team to rest and control when it was still 0-0,” says Elfrink. “What was the reason for PSV to fully look for the attack, in the knowledge that a point was enough? The team took great risks in the attacking game, knowing that Sociedad was lurking on the counter.”