PSV met Galatasaray at the Philips Stadion in this latest UEFA Champions League Qualifying fixture. It was great to see fans returning as the stadium was packed with 23500 audiences to enjoy this six-goal show. Roger Schmidt’s team ruthlessly put five past Fernando Muslera and they killed the second leg already.
This tactical analysis introduces the key tactics of PSV in their first official home game of the season. The hosts were energetic in the press and scored some great counter-attacks goals, while they were also dominating most of the game. Comparatively, it was a terrible performance from Faith Terim’s team one which the Galatasaray fans would like to forget about.
Lineups
PSV lined up in a 4-2-3-1 formation but flexibly adapted to different shapes in different circumstances the most important was how the players grasped principles of Schmidt’s philosophy of play. Their new recruit Davy Pröpper from Brighton started on the bench but both Joël Drommel and André Ramalho started in the defence.
Galatasaray started in a 3-5-2 formation to try to limit the offensive threats of their opponents but quickly changed to a 4-1-4-1 as after the early goal. Some famous players such as former Liverpool and Ajax winger Ryan Babel and former Barcelona and Atletico Madrid midfielder Arda Turan both started the game.
