In principle, Roger Schmidt sees Joël Drommel as his first goalkeeper for the rest of the season, the PSV coach announced prior to the cup match with NAC Breda. The German does not only give the capital error of Yvon Mvogo last Saturday against AZ (1-2) as the reason, but says he thinks in the interest of PSV. “In this situation, I also decided with a view to the future,” said Schmidt at ESPN† The match starts at 7 p.m. in the Philips Stadium.
“Joel is our goalkeeper for the future, while Yvon is hired (from RB Leipzig, ed.). That’s why Joël is now playing again,” said Schmidt, who initially made the decision because of Mvogo’s blunder. “Why am I changing again? You could see that on Saturday evening. We made a substitution, Yvon had his chance. But he made a mistake on the decisive goal against, which is of course always a very tricky situation. You hope he takes his chance, but now we had to make a new decision.”
Schmidt believes that Mvogo should take the blame for this on himself. “This is professional football, as I have said before. It is not up to me, but to the performance of the players. It does not matter whether it is a field player or a goalkeeper, a player has to perform, especially at PSV. We are in “The decisive phase of the season. If you get your chance, you have to take it. It was unfortunate for him, that is of course a shame for him.”
Pascal Kamperman asks the question how often Schmidt can change goalkeepers. “Of course you can change every game,” he laughs. “But I don’t think that’s good for the goalkeepers. I haven’t changed before this season, Joel has gotten a lot of support and confidence from everyone. Now he’s getting that support and confidence again. I haven’t talked to Yvon. I don’t have to explain anything to them. If you perform at top level and I would change then I would have to explain something. I didn’t consult with them, there was no discussion. I announced it, and then it’s done. “