ErediVision: PSV's class, Feyenoord's midfield Jenga, fireworks lunacy

[h2]1: PSV look alive again[/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/groningen-MBUGcjb9/psv-M9UEHJWi/?mid=hdZnTHXr"]Last weekend[/a] was the first time this season that I recognised [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psv/M9UEHJWi/"]PSV[/a] as the PSV we know it - a marauding, relentless attacking machine with a plan behind every attack. It's the MO we know from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bosz-peter/Ak7J86g1/"]Peter Bosz[/a], and it finally returned to the pitch against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/groningen/MBUGcjb9/"]FC Groningen[/a].[/p][p]The false start was a wake-up call, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-bergen-thom/QiLuuuV1/"]Thom van Bergen[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/willumsson-brynjolfur/6ZZO2WUq/"]Brynjolfur Willumsson[/a] slicing through the PSV defence with absolute ease. That's when the floodgates opened, and PSV just went all-out on Groningen, who valiantly tried to stay in the game but ultimately were no match for the reigning champions.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-bommel-ruben/djWkTIzc/"]Ruben van Bommel[/a] was excellent, as was the entire PSV backline, who deserve much praise after a rather shocking start to the season. The midfield looked good in their first game of the post-[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/veerman-joey/AgXeAAQR/"]Joey Veerman[/a] era, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sano-kodai/vBwiuxMd/"]Kodai Sano[/a] creating three chances in his new role. He wasn't a duplicate of Veerman, and I don't think anyone will be, but it was a very positive outing for PSV.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="a6791833-66e9-4a5d-9f5a-b370dd5757c5" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="5547b407-3d0d-47e0-a038-704c77bfc1e7" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][h2]2: We need to do better right now[/h2][p]Last weekend was a terrible reminder of how idiocy can ruin football.[/p][p]A group of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/feyenoord/8zjySeoN/"]Feyenoord[/a] 'fans' thought it was a great idea to bring a ton of flares and fireworks into the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cambuur/QRyYgO7J/"]Cambuur[/a] stadium, where the away end is situated next to the family stand, and set them off in the middle of the game. If only it stopped at setting them off, though, as they threw flares around - towards their goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ernst-tjark/tbbK5T30/"]Tjark Ernst[/a], who got away lucky by dodging a "missile", towards Cambuur fans, everywhere.[/p][embed guid="e825107a-8fe1-4c5e-95a8-f3b560ce46dc" url="https://x.com/MikosGouka/status/2091540986514087963?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Five Cambuur fans were injured due to those guys' antics. People who came to watch a football game with their siblings, children, parents, and grandparents are now scarred with eye injuries, hearing damage, and burns. Because of what? People in balaclavas who turn football into a sport of savages.[/p][p]Protocols need to be revisited. Referee Danny Makkelie said he had to resume the game after a lengthy stoppage "with a heavy heart" because although those five people were injured, fans are not included in the fireworks protocol that states that a game has to be permanently suspended when players, staff members, or officials are wounded by fireworks from the stands.[/p][p]But we all need to do better. There's no defending this, not with yelling and shouting against collective reprimands, not with saying that "it's only a small group", not with explaining this stuff as "fanatic". It's pathetic.[/p][p]Wildly throwing flares around, unprovoked, and injuring people in the family stand while covering your faces. Have some shame.[/p][infobox id="7e3b12a0-8b09-4d80-a9ed-f734b143168f" /][h2]3: Feyenoord's midfield is spectacular but fragile[/h2][p]Thankfully, Feyenoord spoke on the pitch as well. They beat lowly Cambuur [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/cambuur-QRyYgO7J/feyenoord-8zjySeoN/?mid=0MxeRe2e"]5-2[/a], and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vanhoutte-charles/CzsxDvTM/"]Charles Vanhoutte[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/valente-luciano/4j2kSvnC/"]Luciano Valente[/a], and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zechiel-gjivai/6BQvLBnt/"]Gjivai Zechiel[/a] delivered another midfield masterclass.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-bronckhorst-giovanni/080VPTJe/"]Giovanni van Bronckhorst[/a] has really figured his midfield out. Vanhoutte provides the perfect balance behind the creative, dynamic Zechiel and Valente, who combined for three goals. The Belgian led his team in tackles (3), possessions won (7), and passes (59), while also creating two chances, as many as Valente and Zechiel combined.[/p][image alt="Charles Vanhoutte (#34) is the heart of this Feyenoord midfield" id="df0f0e9d-aad1-461b-b25f-dd43ca83a69e" credit-line="Opta via StatsPerform" guid="92c4e7ba-403f-4655-a018-668476cf7de1" original-width="1620" original-height="1072" /][p]However, this midfield is also a fragile Jenga tower. Take one tile out, and it could collapse. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/targhalline-oussama/ULZGhzIc/"]Oussama Targhalline[/a] came on after 60 minutes and the midfield just changed face. Feyenoord lost control and conceded twice - it was yet another shutdown after the 60th minute, which is what we also saw against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sparta-rotterdam/KK4FaFV3/"]Sparta Rotterdam[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/g-a-eagles/hG8POBb8/"]Go Ahead Eagles[/a].[/p][p]There are rumours that Targhalline even wants out, and Zechiel is reportedly a prime candidate to succeed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bouaddi-ayyoub/dpoNasPg/"]Ayyoub Bouaddi[/a] at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lille/pfDZL71o/"]Lille[/a]. How much longer will we be able to enjoy this midfield?[/p][infobox id="383e2abc-afe3-4139-8e06-aa4254ac57ee" /]