Roger Schmidt does not regret his plan of action against Real Sociedad. PSV needed a draw to advance to the knockout phase of the Europa League, but played on the attack and went down 3-0.
“Things can always be different afterwards. I still think our approach is logical. We believe in ourselves and also controlled the game with our pressing. Only we should have created more in the opponent’s sixteen from possession. We play this football because our style is active and I believe this is the right approach and not ninety minutes of defending helps. That is not the best style for us. I like this and accept that sometimes it turns out to be unfortunate and not everything works out. Individual mistakes are nothing to do with the approach,” said the German to the Eindhovens Dagblad .
The German coach blames the elimination in the Europa League on individual errors. “We are not in a good position for the 1-0, at the 2-0 Érick Gutiérrez suffers his only loss of the ball and after the red card we have been seen,” continues Schmidt, who does not want to say much about Felix Zwayer. The referee threw yellow cards and sent Ibrahim Sangaré off the field fifteen minutes before time. “I haven’t seen the red card action either, to be honest. That’s why I can’t say anything about it. I don’t think they were better than us and made good use of our mistakes. We had control over the game and a lot of ball possession.”
At ESPN , Gutiérrez’s mistake leading 0-2 was highlighted. Kennéth Perez speaks of a ‘heretic’. “No orientation and speed of action. You can get away with it in the Netherlands,” said the former attacker, who concludes that PSV is far from the desired level. “It can happen that you finish third, but it is not desirable because you want to go to the Champions League.”
