Got a solid 20 minutes off the bench in a comprehensive 5-1 UCL qualifier win against Galatasaray, coming on for highly rated English youngster Noni Madueke.
He played on the right wing of a 4-2-3-1, so not his typical national team central midfield. Last season PSV played a lot 4-2-2-2 similar to Talay, and Thomas would play either of the DMs or AMs, so shouldn’t be too unusual, though he did play higher up today. Wasn’t his tidiest performance but it’s still early days coming back from his surgery, he’s probably played less than 90 pre-season minutes.
Former national teammate of Tommy Hemed, Eran Zahavi with a hat trick, and World Cup winner Mario Götze with the other two. Barring a capitulation in Istanbul next week (worth bearing in mind away goals no longer come into equation in UEFA competitions), they should go into the third qualifying round, where they would face one of Shakhtar Donetsk, Benfica, Monaco or the winner of Celtic/Midtjylland.
He played on the right wing of a 4-2-3-1, so not his typical national team central midfield. Last season PSV played a lot 4-2-2-2 similar to Talay, and Thomas would play either of the DMs or AMs, so shouldn’t be too unusual, though he did play higher up today. Wasn’t his tidiest performance but it’s still early days coming back from his surgery, he’s probably played less than 90 pre-season minutes.
Former national teammate of Tommy Hemed, Eran Zahavi with a hat trick, and World Cup winner Mario Götze with the other two. Barring a capitulation in Istanbul next week (worth bearing in mind away goals no longer come into equation in UEFA competitions), they should go into the third qualifying round, where they would face one of Shakhtar Donetsk, Benfica, Monaco or the winner of Celtic/Midtjylland.