Noa Lang at De Kuip

On 11 May 2025, PSV played in the 32nd matchday on Mother’s Day the important away game at Feyenoord in the fight for the national title. Ahead of this matchday, Peter Bosz’s team had a four-point deficit to their competitors Ajax and therefore had to win in Rotterdam.

In case of a possible defeat, the Amsterdammers would in fact have been able to play the championship match that same day at home against NEC. And after ten minutes, it also seemed like a championship match for Ajax was actually in the making, since PSV was looking at a 2-0 deficit because of goals by Igor Paixão and Givairo Read.

In the 18th minute, PSV escaped a 3-0 deficit after a free kick by Paixão went just wide of the goal of Walter Benitez, and from that moment PSV came more into the game. In the 26th minute, Peter Bosz decided to intervene firmly, and Richy Ledezma, playing unfortunately, was replaced by Sergiño Dest.

Despite better play, great opportunities were not created after the 2-0, and as a result Bosz's team went into halftime trailing 2-0. After the break, the first big chance for the Rotterdam team came when striker Ueda sent the ball wide, and just over five minutes later it was Ivan Perisic who managed to score the equaliser for PSV.

A few minutes later, captain Luuk de Jong equalized on the foot, but De Jong fired the ball over the goal of Timon Wellenreuther. In the end, it took until the 73rd minute despite a plethora (large) of chances for PSV for it to become 2-2.

A shot from Noa Lang into the corner was too powerful for goalkeeper Wellenreuther and PSV had the deserved equaliser in hand. In the 85th minute, Lang seemed on his way to making it 2-3, but saw his effort turned away by the German goalkeeper of Feyenoord.

Five minutes later, Lang again took center stage when the winger managed to steal the ball from right-back Read. The defender then pulled the emergency brake and received the red card from referee Danny Makkelie.

Joey Veerman’s free kick ultimately struck the post via a header from Luuk de Jong, and Malik Tillman then appeared to be making the winning goal for an empty net. The American saw his goal ruled out after a VAR check lasting no less than four minutes for offside, and so the score remained 2-2.

In the 99th minute, it was finally 2-3 for PSV. After a long attack, the ball eventually ended up with Mauro Junior, who then played the ball through and saw it tucked in by none other than Noa Lang, who is hated in Rotterdam.

Thanks to this goal, PSV won away at Feyenoord for the second season in a row and the pressure was increased on Ajax. The Amsterdammers then suffered a surprising 0-3 defeat at home against NEC, which meant the battle for the national title was wide open again.