Feyenoord beat PSV in Dutch curtain-raiser
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 04:13 pm
Cup winners Feyenoord edged league champions PSV Eindhoven on penalties at the end of an eight-goal stalemate in the Johan Cruyff Shield, as the new Dutch season got off to a rollicking start on Sunday.
The traditional season opener saw PSV ahead after nine minutes but they then had to come back three times to draw the match 4-4.
There were three penalties in the match and spot kicks after the game at the Philips Stadium, which saw Feyenoord win 4-2 in the shootout.
Noa Lang, back from injury after missing the European Championship with the Netherlands, put PSV ahead but Feyenoord led 2-1 at halftime after Santiago GimĂ©nez’s 29th minute penalty and Baas Nieuwkoop’s 33rd minute strike.
PSV’s veteran striker Luuk de Jong equalised three minutes into the second half but Feyenoord went ahead again as GimĂ©nez converted a second penalty after being brought down by PSV goalkeeper Walter BenĂtez just before the hour mark.
Feyenoord lifted the Johan Cruyff Shield on Sunday.Marcel van Dorst/NurPhoto via Getty Images
PSV made it 3-3 through Guus Til in the 65th minute, 60 seconds after he had come on as a substitute, but parity lasted seven minutes before Antoni Milambo had Feyenoord ahead again.
De Jong’s second goal, from a penalty after a foul by Feyenoord’s new goalkeeper Timon Wellenreuther, in the 80th minute made it 4-4 and forced the match to a shootout after 90 minutes.
This is the fifth Johan Cruyff Shield for Feyenoord. PSV had won the previous three editions of the annual Super Cup.
