Porto 0–1 PSV, and a first Champions League win
Your team won in Portugal. FC Porto 0–1 PSV on Tuesday evening, PSV's first three points of this Champions League campaign (2) (5). The Dutch papers are pleased with it, and note that the Eindhoven side were spared their usual "great source of unrest" (1).
It is the result that changes the mood after a bad run. Twente 3–2 PSV, Leipzig 1–0 PSV, ADO Den Haag 2–1 PSV. All three lost. Then Porto.
18th, and that is the number that matters
PSV climbed to 18th in the Champions League league phase after the Porto win (2). Only the top 24 go through. Feyenoord are 26th after losing at Real Betis (2).
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Feyenoord at home on Sunday
Sunday, 14:30 CET at home. PSV sit 3rd in the Eredivisie on 19 points from 9 games, goal difference +15, and the form line reads L W L L W (2) (3). Feyenoord arrive with a Champions League defeat behind them.
The "new Reijnders" at Twente
A day after Porto, the transfer talk is back. PSV, Feyenoord and Ajax are all being told to look now at a Twente talent billed as the "new Reijnders" (3).
Fan reactions
The mood on r/PSV is split between celebration and whiplash. One supporter points out that a week ago the same forum was certain this squad was not physically built for the Champions League, and now asks who to believe (thread).
