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Squad value€471.5m
Squad value€306.5m
Key playerGabriel Veiga
Key playerGuus Til
Head coachFrancesco Farioli
Head coachPeter Bosz
Porto press high and PSV insist on playing out through it. Expect the ball lost in dangerous places.
Porto and PSV both come after the ball high up the pitch, so it keeps changing hands in dangerous areas.
Porto break fast and PSV leave a high line to break into.
Slight favourites: Porto.
Nobody has scored against them yet this season. If you want a goal against Porto you will have to be near perfect, because they give almost nothing away.
“Isto só no campeonato, porque, na verdade, contando com a Supertaça, são cinco jogos sem sofrer golos.”And that is in the league alone, because in fact, counting the Super Cup, it is five games without conceding a goal. our translation
Both wingers stay high and wide and keep running at the full-back. They rarely come inside to knock it about — the first thought is straight at goal.
“Joga com dois extremos muito irrequietos, verticais, muito profundos”They play with two very restless wingers, direct, going very deep our translation
They tend to strike early and then settle. Watch the opening twenty minutes — if they get in front, the game usually goes quiet after that because they are happy to control it.
“Convertemos logo as nossas primeiras oportunidades em golo e fomos muito felizes a finalizar.”We turned our very first chances straight into goals and we were very sharp in front of goal. our translation
PSV usually take charge of games and push the other side back.
“Allereerst over de dominantie van PSV, want in grote delen van de wedstrijd waren de Eindhovenaren de bovenliggende partij.”First, PSV's dominance: for large parts of the match the Eindhoven side were on top. our translation
When it clicks they play quick one-touch passing and just keep coming in waves. They put six past Utrecht at the end of August, and the Dutch papers thought the score flattered the home side.
“1-6 winnen in Utrecht, waar zelfs 1-9 prima had gekund, de landskampioen oogt weer als het energieke, soepel combinerende team uit het eerste jaar van trainer Peter Bosz”Winning 1-6 in Utrecht, where even 1-9 would have been perfectly fine, the reigning champions look once again like the energetic, smoothly combining team from trainer Peter Bosz's first year our translation
Every PSV player picks up an opponent and hunts him, wherever on the pitch that takes him — even the defenders step forward to do it. Expect them to swarm you the moment you get the ball.
“Over het hele veld wordt één-op-één verdedigd, de backs schuiven regelmatig door naar het middenveld en ook de aanvallers worden geacht voortdurend druk te zetten.”All over the pitch they defend one-on-one, the full-backs regularly push up into midfield, and the forwards too are expected to press constantly. our translation