Analyst Ziggo Sport clearly about Guus Til
1 min readIt is just over two weeks before the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States gets underway. Some PSV players have been told that they are allowed to represent their country at the global finals tournament.
As expected, Ivan Perisic has been selected for the Croatian national team, and Esmir Bajraktarevic will go to the World Cup with Bosnia and Herzegovina. In addition, Paul Wanner travels with Austria to the first World Cup since 1998, and for Armando Obispo, the first World Cup with Curaçao is on the calendar.
National team coach Ronald Koeman of the Netherlands team will announce his squad on Wednesday afternoon and a PSV player has a chance to earn a place in that squad. As everyone knows, Jerdy Schouten has been ruled out due to a serious cruciate ligament injury and Joey Veerman has let the coach know that he no longer needs to call him.
Guus Til is still the only PSV player who still has a serious chance of making the Netherlands' World Cup squad, and according to Ziggo Sports analyst Theo Janssen, the opportunity striker should go to the World Cup as well. Janssen makes this clear in the Rondo program on Ziggo Sport.
Last Monday, Til was one of the six players welcomed by the national coach during training in Zeist. ''Of course you look at the composition of the squad, at what kind of players you have and don’t have. We don’t have a deep-lying midfielder who always gets into a scoring position from the ten position, can score goals, and works hard for the team'', the analyst insists.
Despite many midfielders, Janssen is of the opinion that there are few players who are as set up as the PSV player. ''Reijnders does that less. Til is a typical number ten who is always on the move, like Klaassen in his good period. We have very few players with runs into space. Malen can do that, but it depends on where he plays. As a striker he can do it, as a right winger less. In your core you have to have that'', argues the former midfielder from among others Vitesse and FC Twente.
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Wie kijkt mee? because i swear PSV always start hot but then drop concentration after 60 mins. If this tactic is supposed to fix that, prove it again next match. Otherwise its the same old story 😂🤡
🔥 I love how the article mentions the intensity up front. We either control the first 15 minutes or we suffer... make it count, PSV!
Interesting point about the rotations. I like the idea, but i worry we lose our rhythm too often. If the article is right about the system, then the bench has to match the defensive work rate immediately, otherwise its risky.
ngl the setup felt a bit too cautious. When we started pressing higher, the chances looked way better, so why not commit from minute one? 👀
Im sorry but the defensive line looked shaky. One slip and youre getting punished with a direct ball, no matter how good the keeper is. Honestly, i think we need more cover when we step up.
"PSV Inside" is spot on about the timing of the runs. When the striker goes a half-step earlier, the passes actually stick and the defense cant reset. Lets hope we see more of that vs tougher teams.
Goal!! thats what you get when the front line actually attacks the half-spaces instead of walking into duels ⚽🐐. Keep this intensity and let the chances come naturally.
"PSV inside" sounds nice, but tbh the midfield still looks too slow turning. Sangare and Veerman have moments of brilliance, yet the ball circulation can get stuck under pressure. More tempo and one-touch passes please, not more back passes.
If PSV keep playing like this, thats an instant title vibe 🔥. I love the energy in midfield, but i hope the back line stays tight on the counters.
Omg the way they mention that defensive shape... i see it too, when they tuck in they look way safer. But the moment the fullbacks step up, the space behind them is instant 🔥👀. Sort that and we run away with it.
im not convinced about the wing choices... the build-up looked slow when the fullback stayed too narrow. That space has to be used better, else Gutierrez and co dont get the one-twos they need.
If PSV really want to press like that, the midfield has to win those second balls every time. Otherwise it turns into a transition festival for the opposition, and we all know how that ends.
If PSV really want to win these games, they cant rely on that build-up every single time. The press will catch them and then youre playing catch-up all match. Need more directness in transition, not just possession for the sake of it.