The coach of the PSV Eindhoven, Roger Schmidt, conceded with sportsmanship the unexpected defeat of his team in San Sebastián against Real Sociedad (3-0) that leaves him out of the Europa League and admitted after the match that his team “has not had the day.”
“We controlled the game during the first half, they waited for us for the counterattack, we did not have clear chances to reach the area but we were organized defensively without letting them play their game,” he recalled after the match. Schmidt.
The German coach believes that “the penalty before the break affected a lot” to his squad and that the defeat was wrought by “an error” in his positioning “and by bad luck, then after the break came the second goal and the red card became too much punishment.”
Schmidt is convinced that the Real “was not better” than us“They only scored the goal at the right time and took advantage of our mistakes, but it was PSV who controlled the game with a lot of possession,” he said.
Although the press in his country was critical of the offensive strategy that the Dutch team proposed when it was worth a draw to continue in the Europa League, they defended their idea and framed it in the DNA of a club that does not know how to play football in any other way.
“We wanted to be ourselves, controlling the ball, and I do not consider it a mistake not to have played defensively, because the goals we conceded were mistakes, but there was also bad luck and although with a 3-0 you have no arguments I think the approach was the correct one “, concluded a preparer of the PSV afflicted.