Simple evening PSV against HFC (4-0) • Brilliant start to cup evening in Katwijk

The ball rolls again in Eindhoven, where we see two new faces at HFC. Frimpong and Muller come into the team for Burger and Ploem. Maxwell Frimpong lives up to his surname, he takes care of the right flank, just like Dutch international Jeremie Frimpong likes to do.

PSV did not make any substitutions at half-time, but Luuk de Jong and Ismael Saibari, among others, did start the warm-up.

TWO-CELL | Twente leads 3-0

Peace has also arrived in Enschede. The Twente women lead 3-0 halfway through the last group match of the Champions League. Two corner kicks were converted into goals courtesy of Celtic.

First goalkeeper Rodgers hit the ball into his own goal, a little later midfielder Ross was the unlucky one with an own goal. The goals can easily be watched via the highlights in this livestream, where you can of course also follow the second half live.

Royal HFC gets some rest, the visitors from Haarlem had no chance in Eindhoven in the first half. Fifteen minutes later, but will there be anything left to repair…

Meanwhile in Doha: Vinícius Júnior and Bonmatí win FIFA award

After missing out on the Ballon d’Or, the award for the best player in the world from the football magazine France Football, which went to Manchester City player Rodri, Vinícius Júnior was named the best player in the world by FIFA last year. This was determined at the FIFA awards gala in Doha.

Vinícius (24) won the Champions League with Real Madrid, where he scored in the final.

For the second year in a row, Aitana Bonmatí was named the best football player in the world. She previously also received the Ballon d’Or Féminin.

TWO-CELL | 20′ Goal FC Twente

In the Champions League for women, FC Twente takes the lead against Celtic. Kayleigh van Dooren just hit the bar, now it’s a hit. Deserved lead for Twente, which also won the away match in Glasgow earlier this season.

PSV-HFC | 18′ PSV goal: 2-0!

After the opening goal, PSV started again, Koninklijke HFC barely got the ball and was awarded the second goal.

PSV-HFC | 12′ Goal PSV!

Hirving Lozano opens the scoring. After an action on the left by Perisic, the cross ends up at the far post, where the Mexican jumps over his defender to head home.

PSV-HFC | 5′ Chance for HFC

Marios Lomis gets the first chance after five minutes from second division team Koninklijke HFC. The striker just can’t get his foot on the ball properly, PSV’s Dams is in a good position to prevent a goal.

Good attack from the HFC, a shame for football nomad Lomis, who returned to the Dutch fields after adventures with clubs such as North Carolina FC, El Paso Locomotive and Chattanooga in the United States and short periods in Malta and Greece.

HFC’s outbreak was an outlier in the opening phase, but otherwise PSV had the field dominance.

The stands are filling up and there is already a big party in the away section with more than 1,300 traveling fans. The players enter the field accompanied by blasting music. Captains Joey Veerman and Mitchel Michaelis joke a bit while performing the toss and then it’s time to play football, the second round of the KNVB Cup has started.

TWO-CELL | Line-up for the last CL match Twente

FC Twente and Celtic have already been eliminated from group B of the Champions League for women, Chelsea and Real Madrid were too strong. Tonight in Enschede, honor is mainly at stake, will Twente be able to say goodbye to the Champions League in a nice way? The match can be followed live via a livestream on Autovantra.nl and in the Autovantra app.

FC Twente line-up: De Jong; Everaerts, Knol, Carleer, Tuin; Van Dooren, Van Ginkel, Peddemors; Hulst, Te Brake, van Dijk.

PSV-HFC | Schouten and Veerman in the starting line-up

Jerdy Schouten and Joey Veerman will be in PSV’s midfield ‘as usual’ tonight. Schouten is in the starting line-up for the first time since October 19, Veerman was out for a few weeks before that.

PSV coach Peter Bosz makes more changes. Joël Drommel is the goalkeeper and Hirving Lozano and Armando Obispo start.

PSV line-up: Drommel; Ledezma, Obispo, Dams, Oppegard; Schouten, Veerman, Til; Lozano, Pepi, Perisic.

The line-up of the visitors from Haarlem will take some time. Due to traffic in Eindhoven, the players bus has also been delayed, HFC has not yet reached the stadium more than an hour before the match.

Royal HFC knows what it feels like to win the KNVB Cup

PSV takes on Royal HFC at home. That is currently number nine in the Second Division. The club from Haarlem has taken 24 points in the competition after 17 games. They won six times, drew six times and lost five times. So a changeable team.

But…anything is always possible in the cup. This is what Utrecht’s Hercules showed last year when they defeated Ajax. PSV will therefore have to be on its guard. In addition, the Royal HFC knows what it is like to win the KNVB Cup. This happened three times in the past: in 1904, 1913 and in 1915.

The last time the Haarlem club met with an Eredivisie club, it lost. That was in the 2015-2016 season, when Heracles was too strong 3-1.

Welcome to the KNVB cup blog!

The second round of the Dutch cup tournament starts tonight. In this round the top clubs will also take action for the first time. For example, PSV and Feyenoord will try to reach the next round on Tuesday evening.

PSV kicks off against Royal HFC at 6.45 pm. This happens in the own Philips Stadium and should not actually be a problem for the leader in the Premier League. An away match awaits Feyenoord in the far south. A cup disgrace at MVV must be prevented there.

You can read everything about those matches, but also about the other cup matches, here.