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Despite the difficult corona situation that PSV is currently in, the Europa League continues as usual. PSV has traveled to Cyprus, but is still missing a lot of players. What can Roger Schmidt expect from the duel with Omonia Nicosia.
Omonia Nicosia:
Omonia Nicosia was placed at the top of the Cyprus league on the last day of play last season. That was surprising to say the least, because the club is – especially given its history – the number two in the league. APOEL Nicosia is the absolute number one and is therefore the biggest arch-rival of Omonia Nicosia. The competition was stopped thanks to the corona virus, but a champion was not declared. A major setback for Omonia Nicosia, but because of that, the club entered the Champions League preliminary round. The ball of millions was ultimately painfully missed. After three games against Arat-Armenia, Legia Warsaw and Red Star, the Cypriots took the lead after every 120 minutes. In the all-deciding last round, Olympiakos was lost.
The 4-2-3-1 formation of Norwegian trainer Henning Berg appears to work well. The team is known for its defensive strength and is very much on the lookout for the counter. The central defenders are both very big and strong and with two more controllers in front of them, the team forms a strong defensive block. The team does not get too many goals against.
The Cypriot league has now been underway for seven games and has been unbeaten for the entire season. Only in the opening game, Omonia Nicosia conceded more than one goal. The away match against PAOK in the first round of the Europa League was also drawn 1-1. Despite the fact that the market value of the selection of Omonia Nicosia is approximately equal to the market value of PSV acquisition Philipp Max, there is no reason to underestimate for the people of Eindhoven.
PSV Eindhoven:
The Eindhoven team came out in the preliminary round of the Europa League, in which it defeated NS Mura and Rosenborg without too much trouble. Also in the Eredivisie, the renewed PSV started off brightly. The departure of Sam Lammers, Jeroen Zoet, Ritsu Doan, Bruma, Daniel Schwaab and Michal Sadilek, among others, had to be accommodated. Director Toon Gerbrands did not sit still and Ibrahim Sangaré, Mario Götze, Philipp Max, Eran Zahavi, Adrian Fein, Yvon Mvogo and Marco van Ginkel, among others, came to the city of light. PSV remained unbeaten in the first five games and even took the lead. There was much talk of Mohammed Ihattaren ending up on the bank. Capital destruction seemed to be a bigger problem than performance, so that seems more like a luxury problem. Nevertheless, PSV had to deal with some setbacks. The corona virus held PSV in its grip. PSV will miss no fewer than eleven selection players in the coming game. Wednesday morning it became known that Nick Viergever also tested positive for the virus. With that, the defender is also not available. Captain Denzel Dumfries, Pablo Rosario, Timo Baumgartl, Cody Gakpo, Joël Piroe and Maxime Delanghe have also been infected. Mathias Kjølø, Ismael Saibari, Richard Ledezma and Luis Felipe traveled to Cyprus from Young PSV. They are part of the 20-man squad, which consists of only four defenders.
Yet this is a competition that must be won. Last week, PSV lost twice. In the first round of the Europa League, Götze opened the score against Granada. Without top scorer Roberto Soldado, Granada came along in the second half. Granada won 1-2 in the Philips Stadium. The diluted selection also lost the lead in the Eredivisie. With the diluted selection, Vitesse was lost and trainer Schmidt was white hot, because he thought his team deserved a penalty. However, PSV lost 2-1 for the second time.