Mijnans' red card cost you the game
Sven Mijnans scored the opener at ADO Den Haag. Then he got himself sent off. ADO Den Haag 2–1 PSV on Saturday, your second Eredivisie defeat of the season (6)(1).
The second yellow came before half-time, on a sliding challenge. Mijnans admitted afterwards that he read the situation wrong because the sun was in his eyes (3). PSV played the rest of the match with ten men, and ADO won it in the closing seconds (4)(6).
Robert Maaskant was baffled by the dismissal. His view: with two bookings already against you, you cannot make that tackle (5).
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He misses Feyenoord
Mijnans is suspended for the next league match against Feyenoord Rotterdam on Sunday, October 25 (4)(7). That is the top clash, and you go into it without your goalscorer from The Hague.
Third, and the form is ugly
Nineteen points from nine games, 3rd of 18, goal difference +15. Last five in the league and Europe reads W L W L L. Feyenoord and Ajax both won at the weekend (1).
Tuesday, October 20 is the Champions League trip to FC Porto, 21:00 CEST (1). You have lost three of your last five in all competitions, including RB Leipzig 1–0 PSV on October 13.
Pérez says "crisis", Van Hanegem points at the midfield
Kenneth Pérez did not soften it: "crisis" at PSV, and not convincing enough. His line was that you do not win enough games for PSV standards (8).
Willem van Hanegem blames the summer, not the red card. He says the problem is that Joey Veerman and Ismail Saibari were never properly replaced, and he thinks Feyenoord can take advantage of the four-point gap (2).
Is Mauro Júnior the right captain?
Pérez and Karim El Ahmadi went at it over Mauro Júnior. Pérez questioned the captaincy of the Brazilian and called it "problematic that he is your most important player". El Ahmadi does not see it that way (9).
Van Rooij linked
Bram van Polen and Gertjan Verbeek both rate FC Twente right-back Bart van Rooij highly for PSV, Feyenoord or Ajax. "I think he would absolutely be a starter at PSV," Van Polen said (10).
