Van Basten was surprised at PSV’s late hits: ‘Did it remarkably badly’


Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 6:23 PM• Jonathan van Haaster • Last update: 18:45

Marco van Basten looked with surprise at Jeffrey Bruma’s performance during PSV – sc Heerenveen. The analyst saw how the people of Eindhoven converted a 1-3 deficit into a 3-3 draw. Bruma didn’t look good with the tying goal, while the mandekker caused the penalty kick that made it 3-3. “He did remarkably poorly,” says Van Basten.

“That Jeffrey Bruma, he also played for PSV, right?”, Van Basten adds Rondo by Ziggo Sports. “I’m starting to doubt whether he had an influence on the result. But maybe that’s just me.” Bruma was under contract with the people of Eindhoven between the summers of 2013 and 2016 and became national champion twice during that period.

“Here he does nothing, nothing at all,” Van Basten concludes when he sees the images of PSV’s 2-3. Bruma barely jumped with Luuk de Jong, who headed the tying goal against the ropes. A penalty kick followed just before time, because Bruma kicked down direct opponent Xavi Simons in the box. Bruma seemed to be surprised by PSV’s oncoming attacker. “He had plenty of time, man…”, Van Basten saw. “It surprised me a bit. He did remarkably poorly.”

“It surprised me a bit, but of course you can’t think anything bad about it,” concludes the three-time Ballon d’Or winner. The draw may be of great benefit to PSV. Thanks to the point, the club is three points ahead of third-placed Ajax. In the event of a defeat by PSV against Heerenveen, Ruud van Nistelrooij’s team should have won against AZ to secure second place, if Ajax would win against FC Twente at the same time. Thanks to the point, a draw is enough for second place.

No. Team m W G v +/- Pnt
1 Feyenoord 33 25 7 1 52 82
2 PSV 33 22 6 5 48 72
3 Ajax 33 20 9 4 50 69
4 AZ 33 20 7 6 34 67
5 FC Twente 33 17 10 6 37 61
6 Sparta Rotterdam 33 16 8 9 18 56
7 FC Utrecht 33 14 9 10 4 51
8 sc Heerenveen 33 11 10 12 -8 43
9 RKC Waalwijk 33 11 8 14 -10 41
10 Go Ahead Eagles 33 10 10 13 -8 40
11 NEC 33 8 14 11 -3 38
12 Vitesse 33 9 10 14 -6 37
13 Fortuna Sittard 33 10 5 18 -23 35
14 FC Volendam 33 9 6 18 -30 33
15 Excelsior 33 9 5 19 -38 32
16 FC Emmen 33 6 10 17 -31 28
17 Fc Groningen 33 4 6 23 -39 18
18 SC Cambuur 33 4 4 25 -47 16