Ruud van Nistelrooij seems to be making some changes at PSV after last Saturday’s defeat against FC Twente (2-1). The trainer will start on Thursday evening in the Europa League match with FK Bodø/Glimt with Guus Til as striker, Rik Elfrink, PSV watcher of the PSV expects. Eindhovens Dagblad and the General Newspaper. The game starts at 6.45 pm in the Philips Stadium.
PSV suffered its first league defeat of the season on Saturday when visiting FC Twente. It was another downer after the Eindhoven team were eliminated in the play-offs of the Champions League by Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s Rangers FC. Elfrink expects Van Nistelrooij to make one change in his rearguard. Walter Benítez defends the goal, while André Ramalho loses his starting spot to Philipp Mwene. The Brazilian did not make a strong impression in the PSV defense in the last game. In this case, the center is formed by Jordan Teze and Armando Obispo, while Philipp Max completes PSV’s defense as left back.
Van Nistelrooij briefly opts for the defense for controllers Ibrahim Sangaré and Joey Veerman, who after the decisive duel with Rangers openly expressed his dissatisfaction with the fact that he was posted as number 10 by his trainer. Veerman once again played a controlling role in recent Eredivisie matches and made a good impression in his trusted position, especially against Excelsior (1-6 win) and FC Volendam (7-1 win). Xavi Simons can prepare for a base place as number 10 against Bodø/Glimt, according to Elfrink.
“Guus Til is expected to do the honors during rush hour,” Elfrink continues. Van Nistelrooij is still searching now that Luuk de Jong is sidelined with an injury for the time being. The striker position has also been filled in recent matches by Simons and Saibari, who will probably start as right winger against the Norwegians. In that case Johan Bakayoko has to settle for a place on the bench. Finally, Gakpo starts as usual from the left wing.
Probable PSV line-up: Benitez; Mwene, Teze, Obispo, Max; Sangare, Simons, Veerman; Saibari, Til, Gakpo.