“I have to look at our interests,” Advocaat said the day before the quarter-finals in Eindhoven. “Unfortunately we have to deal with the fact that we have to play five games in a fortnight. There are also three away games. I will take that into account.”
Still, Advocaat is looking forward to the duel with PSV, the club where he worked twice. PSV out, it’s just great to play there and compete against such a big club. It’s great for ADO, and the situation we’re in right now, to play football there. It’s going to be difficult, know that we are too. But we have nothing to lose, do we?
In any case, ADO’s battle plan is clear. “You can say ‘we’re going to mess around early’, but PSV are too strong for that. We’ll really have to sit down and see if we can be dangerous through the counter. I wouldn’t know how else to do it.” ‘coach.
Advocaat returned to ADO in November, the club where he grew up. Under the experienced coach, the team rose from seventeenth to eleventh place in the first division. In the third period, the ADO, still undefeated, are 1 point ahead of Almere City. After the cup match against PSV, competitive matches with Heracles Almelo, TOP Oss, FC Eindhoven and Willem II will follow in a fortnight.
The match between PSV and ADO will be played in Eindhoven on Thursday at 6:45 p.m.