Twente handed you your first league defeat
FC Twente 3–2 PSV. Your first Eredivisie loss of the season, and Twente beat you at your own game (9). The analysis is blunt: you are too dependent on playing out from the back, and Twente knew it (9). The game swung back and forth, and you could not hold the last swing (9). You sit third on 16 points from 7, goal difference +14.
Pepi out for the coming matches
Ricardo Pepi went off injured early against Twente and PSV have confirmed he misses the coming matches (5) (8). He is also out of the international window with the United States (2) (7). The club's own words: "Dit is helaas een tegenslag" (2). That is your striker gone for a stretch of the season, not just a week (4).
Pepi calls it a minor setback
Pepi is not panicking. On Tuesday he called the injury a "minor setback" and said he has already started his recovery to get back with the club (3).
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Van Bommel gets his first Oranje call
Ruben van Bommel is in the Netherlands squad for the first time, alongside Lutsharel Geertruida and Guus Til (12). He saw it coming, a little. "Wil niet zeggen dat ik op Oranje-selectie rekende, maar ik zit wel in goede fase," he said (13). PSV fans are already calling him the next big sale (12).
Nagalo heading for the exit
Adamo Nagalo looks like he is on his way out of PSV (11). Dutch clubs can still sign free agents, even with the window shut (11).
Veerman on a summer that did not move
Joey Veerman expected a step up this summer. It did not come (1). Two months on from the Marienfeld training camp, he says the situation is clear now: "Xavi heeft duidelijk gemaakt hoe hij het wil doen" (1).
Fan reactions
The talk among PSV fans right now is the international break, with seventeen PSV players called up. Supporters are tracking who is playing, who is resting, and who comes back healthy with a thin squad. The main thread is Interlandperiode: zeventien PSV-spelers opgeroepen.
