2023-08-30 21:30:05
After a very strong start to the match punctuated by two missed chances by De Jong (9th, 20th), PSV were rewarded with the opener from Saibari on a cross from Veerman (1-0, 35th). Winner of the CAN under 23 last July, the Moroccan international Espoirs offered his first goal in European competition … and his first double after returning from the locker room (2-0, 53rd).
Invisible until then, the Rangers saw their hopes reborn when their captain James Tavernier reduced the gap on the hour mark after a magnificent movement initiated by Todd Cantwell (2-1, 65th). An unimportant hitch for PSV, who regained their two-goal lead in stride thanks to the inevitable De Jong, with a header from a set piece (3-1, 66th), before completely sealing the outcome of the meeting with two new goals: Veerman, first (4-1, 78th), then one against his lunar camp of Goldson (5-1, 81st).
Last year, Rangers eliminated PSV at the same stage of the competition, at the Philips Stadion, after a draw in the first leg. This time, Peter Bosz’s men learned the lesson and joined the Champions League group stage.
The historic Royal Antwerp
By winning on the lawn of AEK Athens (2-1, 3-1 on the whole of the two meetings), Royal Antwerp qualified for the first group stage of the Champions League in its history. Only a first round of the European Champion Clubs’ Cup (former name of the C1) against Real Madrid in 1957-1958 was on the list of the Belgian club in the premier competition. In the third play-off of the evening, FC Copenhagen, winner 1-0 in the first leg on the lawn of Rakow Czestochowa, was scared at home (1-1) but nevertheless continued its European adventure in C1.
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