The Netherlands criticized Zahavi's replacement: "Conquering enough to silence visitors"
Van Hoydonk killed Schmidt for Zehavi's 2-1 win over Leicester, in the Dutch media mostly complimented but also noted: "Not fast enough".
Zehavi urges his friends to quickly forget about the dismissal: "There is no time to mourn"
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Eran Zehavi's advantage goal for PSV Eindhoven against Leicester (Sport 1)
PSV Eindhoven ended its journey tonight (Thursday) in the Conference League in a particularly cruel way.
The Dutch reached the quarter-final rematch against Leicester after 0: 0 in England and even took the lead from a great goal by Eran Zehavi, but the foxes scored in the 77th and 88th minutes on the way to a dramatic 1: 2 that secured them a place in the semi-final.
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PSV should leave the loss behind.
Golden (Photo: Reuters)
The Israeli striker appeared at the press conference at the end of the loss and said: "PSV can look back on a good European campaign. We need to raise our heads towards Sunday's cup final against Ajax, there is no time to mourn."
For Zehavi, the goal that subdued Caspar Schmeichel was his eighth of the season in Europe, thus equaling the club record set by Willy van der Quaylen in the 1974/75 season and Jerry Dakers in the 1977/78 season.
Following the comparison of the record, the Israeli striker squeezed compliments from "ED" journalist Rick Alfrink: "PSV has a great striker. Sometimes he has two bad games but he scores enough goals so that they will not say he is not good."
Did the replacement arrive too late?
Gold (Photo: GettyImages, Photo Prestige / Soccrates)
Five minutes after James Madison's equalizer, Roger Schmidt tried to refresh the lines and put Vinicius apart in a golden place in the 82nd minute.
Only six minutes later, the guest's winning goal arrived, and despite the Israeli's goal, Talchraf claimed that the replacement came too late: "Zahavi's replacement could have come sooner, he had a hard time in the open."
According to former player Pierre Van Hoydonk, PSV coach Roger Schmidt also made a mistake in the substitutions he made, when, among other things, he took out Eran Zehavi in the 80th minute.
"PSV tried to play on speed with players like Zehavi, Ferman and Mario Getza, and it just could not work. On the bench, faster players were waiting, even if they were less good. Zehavi had one big chance when he was sent deep, but was not Fast enough to get to this fantastic delivery. "
According to Van Hoydonk, Zahavi's expense has hurt PSV.
"Carlos Vinicius who comes in his place is a completely different player. He is a very physical striker, and that's not what you need in minutes like this. Only after Leicester took the lead was it the moment to use a striker like him."
Not fast enough?
Zehavi (Photo: GettyImages, Jeroen Meuwsen / BSR Agency)
In the Dutch media, Zahavi was given good marks for his performance in the game.
The "Voetbalprimeur" website gave him a score of 6.5 and explained: "He entered the field like a demon when he scored. That's exactly why PSV brought him in. He had the opportunity to double the result in the second half, but he hit over the goal."
The "Voetbalnieuws" website gave Zehavi the same score and wrote: "Like last week, Zehavi had a very hard time against Leicester's two strong brakes. For a long time, and it was not fast enough to reach the depth balls that were sent towards him. "
In the English "Daily Mail", Zehavi also received a score of 6.5, noting that "he took full advantage of Leicester's double mistake, first of Yuri Tillmans who lost the ball and finally of Caspar Schmeichel who did not close the far corner well."
PSV is now left with only the local frameworks and as mentioned already this coming Sunday it will meet Ajax in the Dutch Cup final.
Both teams are also competing head-to-head for the championship title, with five rounds to go the team from Amsterdam leading by four points.
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