On his debut in European competition, as an undisputed revelation in the Champions LeagueBrest is close to the mathematical classification among the top 24 two days early, while reappearing among the best at this stage, placed fourth, after beating PSV Eindhoven 1-0.
Much credit to the French team, which lost four of its last five matches in all competitions until its return to the Champions League, where it continued its rhythm, relaunching with 13 points in the table of 18 where it competed, including a victory this Tuesday by punch and of its goalkeeper, the indispensable Marco Bizot, who is superb.
The 33-year-old Dutch goalkeeper, who has been capped once (in 2020) by the Netherlands, PSV failed as many as four times in the first halfwhen he led the resistance in Brest without questioning the dominance of the visiting team, when by Luuk de Jong or Bakayoko or Tilman and Boscagli They managed to defeat the opposing goal.
First, in the 13th minute, when he stretched out at ground level to clearra Tilman shot; later, in ’20, when he flew in a Boscagli shot at the edge of the small area; later, in half an hour, when Luuk de Jong denied the goal; and finally, in the 39th minute, with another impressive save, he once again deflected a header from the attacker in an incredible manner.
then, Bakayoko threw away the leader’s fifth clear chance of the Dutch Eredivisie, stopped the size of the goalkeeper and hit the first shot on the goal of the French team, on a foul in the area that Baldé touched with a header, Tilman did not track, bounced off the visiting defense and fell into the boot of Le Cardinal scored with a volley against Benítez just one meter from the goal line. The scorer was injured in the second act.
A boost for ‘Los Piratas’, the beginning of the end for PSV, who still lamented more missed chances in the second half. Between Bizot -two stops- and the sticks -another two- they shared Brest’s defensive protagonism, but, unlike in the first half, the French team came with at least the same consistency as his opponent.
when is that? Walter Benítez contains Brest, cwith two decisive stops to preserve the narrow defeat of the Dutch team, which saw its chance with a penalty first awarded by the Spanish Sanchez martinez and then corrected by the monitor’s vision. It didn’t take him seconds to realize it wasn’t a hand. PSV remain on nine points with two games remaining, in an uncertain line with many others.
match lineup
40
25
22
6
5
3
45
9
14
10
8
1
2
32
17
6
18
34
7
9
11
10
Roudourou Municipal Stadium
Walter Benitez1
42′
46′
55′
Rick Karsdorp2
45′
Matteo Dam32
40′
45′
Mauro Junior17
83′
Ryan Flamingo6
Olivier Boscagli18
Ismael Saibari34
87′
Malik Tillman7
63′
83′
68′
Luuk de Jong9
72′
57′
Johan Bakayoko11
72′
Only Noah10
Replacements
Joel Drommel16
Niek Schicks24
Armando Bishop4
Fredrik Oppegård35
Richard Ledezma37
45′
Guus Til20
83′
55′
Jerry Schouten22
68′
Joey Veerman23
45′
85′
87′
Ricardo Pepi14
72′
Hirving Lozano27
72′
coach
Eric Roy
Peter Bosz
Source: La Verdad
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