psv eindhoven: heurelho gomes, andre ooijer, michael reiziger, timmy simons, phillip cocu (michael lamey 82.dk), jan vennegoor of hesselink (robert 87.dk), damarcus beasley, theo lucius, jefferson farfan, eric addo, ibrahim afellay. teknik direktör: guus hiddink
schalke: frank rost, christian poulsen, levan kobiashvili, marcelo bordon, hamit altintop (zlatan bajramovic 87.dk), fabian ernst (gustavo varela 79.dk), lincoln, ebbe sand (soren larsen 72.dk), rafinha, mladen krstajic, kevin kuranyi. teknik direktör: ralf rangnick
yardımcı hakemler: vladimir eniutin (rus), evgueni volnin (rus)
4. hakem: stanislav sukhina (rus)
psv: heurelho gomes (gk), andré ooijer, michael reiziger, timmy simons, phillip cocu (c) (dk. 82 michael lamey), jan vennegoor of hesselink (dk. 87 robert), damarcus beasley, theo lucius, jefferson farfán, eric addo, ibrahim afellay
yedekler: edwin zoetebier (gk), osmar ferreyra, roy beerens, ismaïl aissati
teknik direktör: guus hiddink (ned)
schalke: frank rost (gk), christian poulsen, levan kobiashvili, marcelo bordon, hamit altıntop (dk. 87 zlatan bajramović), fabian ernst (dk. 79 gustavo varela), lincoln, ebbe sand (c) (dk. 72 søren larsen), rafinha, mladen krstajić, kevin kuranyi
yedekler: christofer heimeroth(gk), tomasz wałdoch, darío rodríguez, simon cziommer
teknik direktör: ralf rangnick (ger)
goller: 1-0 jan vennegoor of hesselink dk. 33
sarı kartlar: dk. 48 timmy simons, dk. 90+3 ibrahim afellay (psv) dk. 20 levan kobiashvili, dk. 69 rafinha (schalke)
psv shackle schalke fightback published: wednesday 14 september 2005, 0.51cet
psv eindhoven 1-0 fc schalke 04 jan vennegoor of hesselink's first-half header earned last season's semi-finalists a hard-fought win.
by derek brookman from philips stadium
psv eindhoven did enough to indicate that last year's run to the uefa champions league semi-finals was no fluke, with a hard-fought victory over fc schalke 04 in the netherlands. schalke struggle jan vennegoor of hesselink headed the only goal of the group e encounter in the 33rd minute, meeting damarcus beasley's in-swinging corner with a powerful back-post header that left goalkeeper frank rost helpless. the dutch side had opportunities to double the lead before schalke came back strongly in the second half but couldn't break psv down.
attacking intent psv, with theo lucius and eric addo slotting into a reorganised defence, started with 19-year old ibrahim afellay on the right of midfield, while vennegoor of hesselink was used as a lone striker. schalke's lineup looked more adventurous, with lincoln occupying a floating role in front of a four-man midfield, behind forwards ebbe sand and kevin kuranyi.
rost roused the game nevertheless began conservatively, with both teams keen to give nothing away; defending in numbers and building steadily. indeed, 15 minutes had gone by the time a cross-cum-shot from psv's belgian international timmy simons forced schalke custodian rost into his first save, tipping over at the expense of a corner. two minutes later jefferson farfán shot weakly at rost from a good position.
deadlock broken the chances awakened psv, who started to push forward more, but the final ball continually let them down, their lack of incisiveness allowing schalke to soak up the pressure. but the deadlock was broken just after the half-hour, and like so often during psv's 2004/05 campaign, it came from a dead ball.
schalke fightback psv began piling on the pressure. beasley almost made it two but his free-kick was touched over by rost, and the keeper then had to clear hastily as vennegoor of hesselink homed in on a loose pass. five minutes before half-time phillip cocu hit the side-netting with a long-range effort and having survived until the interval only a goal down, schalke kicked off the second half firmly on the front foot.
defensive error lincoln fired a 49th-minute free-kick just over but it took an error from the hosts for schalke to really threaten an equaliser, as marcelo bordon seized on a lax back-pass from michael reiziger to feed ebbe sand who headed over from close range. strike partner kuranyi volleyed high and wide a few minutes later as the visitors upped the ante.
gomes troubled schalke brought on søren larsen for fellow dane sand in the 71st minute and he almost made an immediate impact, setting kuranyi clear but the german international was denied by the onrushing heurelho gomes. the brazilian keeper then pushed away a drive by hamit altintop at full stretch, and at the other end, afellay had a wonderful opportunity to seal victory with seven minutes remaining but dithered and his poorly-struck attempt was easily stopped by rost.
larsen header larsen almost headed a late leveller but, under pressure, he could not direct his effort on target as psv held on to open their group e campaign with a hard-fought success.
