Meeting with Oranje beckons for Saibari: "That’s really nice"
1 min readIn an entertaining duel against already eliminated Haiti, Morocco with Ismael Saibari and Anass Salah-Eddine in the starting lineup ultimately won 4-2. The Atlas Lions finished second in Group C, since Brazil won 0-3 against Scotland and, based on goal difference, the Brazilians thus advanced to the next round as first.
In the next round, Saibari and co. may be facing a clash with the Netherlands national team. On Friday night at 1 a.m. Dutch time, the Netherlands will play their third group match against Tunisia, which has already been eliminated, and at the same time the match Japan - Sweden will also take place.
With a victory over the African country, Oranje is normally assured of first place and, as a result, Koeman’s team would play a match against Morocco in the next round. This would mean a meeting between, among others, Guus Til and Ismael Saibari, who formed a golden duo at PSV last season.
In conversation with NOS, Saibari looked back after the match at the match against Haiti, where the midfielder was good for the 2-2, and also took a look ahead to the next round. ''I'm going to meet a few friends, so that's nice. But if you have a higher goal, you have to face everyone eventually'', said Saibari.
In addition, Saibari is also honest about whether he has studied Oranje. ''I haven't watched the Netherlands very much to see how they play. We had training ourselves when they played against Sweden, so I'll see how our coach will explain it. In the end, we're at a World Cup, and I think that gives us enough motivation to go all out'', the departing PSV player says.
The midfielder also has a clear goal in mind with Morocco. ''To reach the final, to become world champions'', said Saibari.
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"PSV Inside" is right, when the build-up is clean you can feel the team breathe. But if the press is half-hearted, the turnovers turn into instant danger. Go again next match, no excuses. ⚽
That substitution timing felt late to me. By the time the fresh legs came on, the game was already stretched and we were just chasing. tbh id rather see earlier changes to protect the structure. 💀
I like the way they used the fullbacks to pin the winger, but the midfield still looked a step behind at times. If they want goals, they need better half-space runs from the 8. 👀
"tactical tweaks" is cool, but i want to see how it changes the game when it gets scrappy. If we still rely on the same patterns, its basically the same PSV, just with different words.
Im worried about the defensive transitions, especially after set pieces. We keep winning duels but we dont always win the second ball and that is how teams punish us.
Eens. Gut feeling is that the winger needs to take his man on more often, not keep waiting for the perfect pass. That would make the whole attack click faster. 🔥
If PSV really went for that pressing trigger, i hope they dont abandon it after 20 minutes. Watching them lose the second ball last season was painful, it always killed the rhythm. 🔥
If the article is saying our build-up is better, i agree mostly, but only when the 6 gets brave on the ball. Without that, we just recycle sideways and they squeeze us. 👀
I like the idea of pressing higher, but if we leave gaps behind the fullbacks then it turns into free counterattacks. Ngl, this sounds good on paper but we need the midfield to actually cover.