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." -- 就與拉科競爭的角度來看 PSV已不居弱勢 現在兩隊積分只差一分 而且基本上又有充分的淨勝球優勢 只要這場不"失神" 最後一場回家跟拉科一拼都還很有機會 而眼前與摩納哥的比賽 我想兩隊球員的士氣都滿高昂的 PSV在聯賽中進展順利 主力球員更在荷蘭國家隊的比賽中贏得了地位與信心 Robben、Bouma等年輕小將絕對有實力給對手一擊 而摩納哥則是靠著上一輪的大勝和國內聯賽暫居榜首 打起球來信心十足 ...他們真的很有自信 速度也很快...這是我看了8比3大屠殺最粗略的感想 把握機會不會拖泥帶水 彌補了他們球風比較粗造的一些弱點 加上從法國一直發飆到克羅埃西亞的Prso 和實力平均的板凳 PSV要非常小心...不見得是沒有Mori壓力就會減輕的 尤其是不能被對手抓到扭轉士氣的點...>< 其實今年的摩納哥 算是法甲的光榮吧 法甲的水準老是被人批評在下降 (不過看那個球迷還真覺得糟糕...對拉科那場只坐了六成吧...摩納哥主場已經很小了@@) 希望摩納哥能繼續讓人刮目相看^^ 我覺得跟PSV攜手晉級還不錯 也是該緩和緩和歐洲賽場被四大聯賽壟斷的局面了...... 純粹我個人的一點感覺啦 --

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