The matches will take place on 20/21 and 27/28 July. If PSV advances to the next round, it will ensure Europa League football. If that doesn’t happen, it will end up – just like AZ – in the preliminary round of the Europa League.
PSV have played against Galatasaray six times in the past and generally have good memories of that. The two faced each other in the 1987/88 season, in which PSV won the European Cup I, among other things. In Eindhoven it became 3-0, after which the Turks were unable to fully repair the deficit at home (2-0).
Fourteen years later (Champions League group stage) there were almost the same scores on the scoreboard, only this time Galatasaray also scored a goal in the Philips Stadium. Five years later in the group stage of the Champions League, PSV won both matches. 2-1 at home and 0-2 in Turkey.
“We are faced with a great challenge,” says PSV director of football affairs John de Jong. Galatasaray finished second in the Turkish league last year. It is of course still difficult to indicate the exact level of the club at the moment, but from last season’s result you can conclude that she and PSV are evenly matched. We have the ambition to reach the group stage of the Champions League and everything will be dedicated to that.”
UEFA has decided to allow only supporters of the home club during all preliminary round matches. PSV adheres to the rules of the Dutch government, which means that at least 25,000 fans are welcome in the Philips Stadium. They must be able to demonstrate that they have been fully vaccinated or can submit a (free) negative corona test.
“It is fantastic that we will soon be able to enjoy football with our fans. We have been looking forward to this for a long time”, says commercial director Frans Janssen. “But in our view, that also includes away supporters. We find it unfortunate and incomprehensible that UEFA has decided otherwise. The whole of Europe is easing, during the European Championship football fans are flying after their own national team, but according to the association, that is not possible in a club.”
Feyenoord to Montenegro or Kosovo
Feyenoord will play football in the second heat of the new European tournament in the Conference League against FK Dečić or FC Drita, from Montenegro and Kosovo respectively. Both clubs will meet each other in the first preliminary round. This was the outcome of UEFA’s draw in Lyon on Wednesday.
Feyenoord will first play out on July 22. The return in the Kuip is a week later.
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