PSV can officially win its 25th national title against SC Heerenveen on Thursday. If the Eindhoven team achieves a better result than Feyenoord later in the day, they will no longer be able to miss the championship. Trainer Peter Bosz does not have Noa Lang and Sergiño Dest at his disposal, but he does see Ricardo Pepi and Ismael Saibari returning to his selection. The match in the Abe Lenstra Stadium starts at 6:45 PM and can be seen at ESPN 1.
Walter Benítez is undisputed under the bar. Bosz is forced to make changes in defense. Dest suffered a serious knee injury this week and will be out for nine months. “Terrible,” Bosz judged the Almeerder’s fate. “He has now told the group and it became dead silent when he said it.”
Bosz has two obvious options to replace Dest with Patrick van Aanholt and Mauro Júnior. “We will see how we deal with it. Mauro and Patrick are both very different types. Patrick played a lot at the beginning of this season and Mauro later in midfield.”
Due to Mauro Júnior’s recent role in midfield, it is expected that Van Aanholt will start as left back. Jordan Teze is on the right, while the center will probably be formed by André Ramalho and Olivier Boscagli.
With the return of Saibari, Bosz has more flavors to choose from in midfield. However, it is expected that the Moroccan international will not be brought in unnecessarily quickly and that Guus Til will once again serve as number 10. Behind him, Joey Veerman and Jerdy Schouten will set the lines.
Up front, it seems that Bosz will make one change compared to the resounding 6-0 win over Vitesse. Hirving Lozano had recovered from an injury just in time against the Arnhem team and therefore started on the bench, allowing Malik Tillman to start. The American seems to lose his starting place to Lozano. On the right, Johan Bakayoko is the ideal man to serve striker Luuk de Jong.
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A major setback for Heerenveen is the partial absence of Osame Sahraoui. The Norwegian seasoning of the Frisians is not fit enough to start in the starting line-up. “Osame still suffers from that blow he received against FC Utrecht,” coach Kees van Wonderen said.
“He was able to train a bit yesterday and a little more today. He is there, but it is not yet optimal.” Nathan Tjoe-A-On is also missing, due to his participation with Indonesia Under 23 in the Asia Cup. Oliver Braude returns from suspension
Probable line-up at SC Heerenveen: Van der Hart; Braude, Van Beek, Bochniewicz, Köhlert; Haye, Brouwers, Olsson; Walemark, Van Amersfoort, Nunnely.
Possible PSV line-up: Benitez; Teze, Ramalho, Boscagli, Van Aanholt; Schouten, Til, Veerman; Bakayoko, De Jong, Lozano.
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