Young guns trained on Monaco Monday, 24 November 2003 PSV Eindhoven coach Guus Hiddink is backing his young players to come of age against AS Monaco in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday, as the Dutch champions travel to the France without four internationals. 'Capable replacements' Netherlands trio Mark van Bommel, Andre Ooijer and Kevin Hofland are all set to miss out - the first two through injury and third due to suspension - while Danish winger Dennis Rommedahl is also injured. But Hiddink was keen to play down the significance of their absence ahead of a game that PSV, currently third in Group C, can barely afford to lose. "We are missing four very good players, but we have four very capable replacements," he said. Role for Robben Hiddink must choose between Theo Lucius and Remco van der Schaaf to take Van Bommel's position in central midfield, while teenage winger Arjen Robben should replace Rommedahl. "Robben is a player with genuine talent and is progressing very quickly," Hiddink pointed out. "He had some problems in the home match against Monaco [which PSV lost 2-1], but now he has the opportunity to make up for that. He is young and will only learn from these experiences." Bouma's influence Meanwhile, in defence Hiddink is calling on Wilfred Bouma to take on added responsibility with Hofland and Ooijer out. "Bouma is 24 now, he is a full international, and he is at the stage when he should be becoming more influential on the pitch," Hiddink explained. "He has more of a presence about him - as we saw last week against Scotland - and he must be a leader for us tomorrow." Hiddink also confirmed that John de Jong could play in an advanced role behind Mateja Kezman, should he recover from flu. Deschamps' dilemma In contrast to PSV, Monaco, the group leaders, have no new injury or suspension worries. Indeed manager Didier Deschamps' biggest headache is who to select in attack alongside Spanish international Fernando Morientes. "Dado Prso is in great form, but then don't forget that Ludovic [Giuly] did a good job in attack against Deportivo," he said. "I also have Adebayor and Camara to consider. I'm lucky that I'm blessed with so many quality attackers." Prso 'in form' The Monaco boss did, however, hint that Prso, who scored four goals in the astonishing 8-3 win over Deportivo three weeks ago, could well partner Morientes, with captain Giuly moving back to the right wing. "It is great to see Dado in such good form - particularly after the difficult few months he had earlier this season," Deschamps enthused. "He's certainly a different type of striker to Morientes so there is no question they could play together." No complacency Monaco lead Deportivo by two points and PSV by three, and need a solitary point to be certain of qualification. However, Deschamps said: "We will try to win the match. There is no point looking at what we do or don't need to get through." The coach also stressed his side would not be complacent, despite winning their last European match by such a large margin. "That match was an anomaly," he said. "If we played Deportivo again tomorrow, I doubt very much we would score eight goals. 'Big test' "Of course it has given our team confidence but PSV is another big test. They are suited to playing away from home because they are well organised and have some very fast players. We will have to be at our best again to get a result." -- 就与拉科竞争的角度来看 PSV已不居弱势 现在两队积分只差一分 而且基本上又有充分的净胜球优势 只要这场不"失神" 最後一场回家跟拉科一拼都还很有机会 而眼前与摩纳哥的比赛 我想两队球员的士气都满高昂的 PSV在联赛中进展顺利 主力球员更在荷兰国家队的比赛中赢得了地位与信心 Robben、Bouma等年轻小将绝对有实力给对手一击 而摩纳哥则是靠着上一轮的大胜和国内联赛暂居榜首 打起球来信心十足 ...他们真的很有自信 速度也很快...这是我看了8比3大屠杀最粗略的感想 把握机会不会拖泥带水 弥补了他们球风比较粗造的一些弱点 加上从法国一直发飙到克罗埃西亚的Prso 和实力平均的板凳 PSV要非常小心...不见得是没有Mori压力就会减轻的 尤其是不能被对手抓到扭转士气的点...>< 其实今年的摩纳哥 算是法甲的光荣吧 法甲的水准老是被人批评在下降 (不过看那个球迷还真觉得糟糕...对拉科那场只坐了六成吧...摩纳哥主场已经很小了@@) 希望摩纳哥能继续让人刮目相看^^ 我觉得跟PSV携手晋级还不错 也是该缓和缓和欧洲赛场被四大联赛垄断的局面了...... 纯粹我个人的一点感觉啦 --

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