Goals from Tim Matavz and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ola-Toivonen-c28363 in the opening 10 minutes gave the Eredivisie outfit a first-leg advantage, as the Turkish side failed to get back into the game.
In the first-leg of UEFA Europa League’s round-of-32, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Trabzonspor-c40759 at Huseyin Avni Aker Stadyumu on Thursday, February 16.
The home side started the match with aggressive intent, and almost took the lead inside four minutes of play. However, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andreas-Isaksson-c5736.
The Eindhoven giants then took control of the match and grabbed the lead in the sixth minute through Tim Matavz. The Slovenian ace received the ball some 25 yards away from the goal. He turned past the defender impressively before finding the top corner
with a powerful left-footed strike from the edge of the box.
Five minutes later, PSV doubled their advantage following a neat finish from Ola Toivonen. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dries-Mertens-c11679 sent an inch perfect cross from the left and the Swedish International managed to lose his marker before volleying perfectly into the back of the net.
After conceding two goals in quick succession, the hosts managed to control the game. Much of the action took place in the midfield and they failed to move forward.
In the 33rd minute, some sloppy defending from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olcan-Adin-c28377, who then raced towards the penalty area before firing into the net with a neat finish.
Moments before the end of the opening half, Matavz restored his side’s two-goal lead. However, his goal was disallowed after he was adjudged to have handled the ball before hitting the back of the net.
After the half-time break, the Karadeniz Fırtınası continued to dominate proceedings in front of their home crowd. However, the Eindhoven giants sat deep in their own half while the hosts failed to create anything of note in their moves forward.
Burak Yilmaz remained the home side’s main option upfront, and the hit-man came close to levelling the score-line in the 55th minute. However, Isaksson made a brilliant save to keep the forward at bay, much to the relief of the Boeren boss, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fred-c14136
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With the match nearing its culmination, Trabzonspor heads started to drop and they were lucky not to concede another in the closing stages of the match. PSV were awarded a free-kick at the edge of the box. Toivonen stepped up to take the free-kick, but his
effort went inches wide of the post.
At the full time whistle, the score-line read 2-1 in favour of the Eindhoven giants, who are now favourites to progress through to the next phase of the competition. The second-leg will be played at Philips Stadion on February 23.
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