Valencia 4-2 PSV: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 8 March 2012
Result
Valencia 4-2 PSV
Europa League · Thursday 8 March 2012, 20:05 UTC · half-time 3-0
Valencia 4-2 PSV: match report
Valencia beat PSV 4-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 8 March 2012. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Víctor Ruiz opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Valencia's goals came from Víctor Ruiz (11'), Roberto Soldado (13'), Roberto Soldado (43', penalty) and Pablo Piatti (56'). PSV scored through Hiroki Shibuya (83', penalty) and Georginio Wijnaldum (90').
Discipline: Valencia received 3 yellow cards; PSV received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 72nd on 6 points from 2 and PSV 2nd on 26 points from 10. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and PSV in a 4-2-3-1.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Víctor Ruiz
- 13'Goal · Roberto Soldado
- 43'Penalty goal · Roberto Soldado
- 45'Yellow card · A. Rami
- 49'Yellow card · Dries Mertens
- 55'Yellow card · Erik Pieters
- 56'Goal · Pablo Piatti
- 58'Yellow card · Barragán
- 59'Yellow card · Roberto Soldado
- 83'Penalty goal · Hiroki Shibuya
- 90'Goal · Georginio Wijnaldum
Team news
Valencia expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vicente Guaita, Bruno Saltor, Adil Rami, Dealbert, Pablo Hernández, Éver Banega, Aritz Aduriz, Pablo Piatti, Jonas, Mehmet Topal
PSV line-up (4-2-3-1)
Andreas Isaksson, Marcelo, Timothy Derijck, Jetro Willems, Kevin Strootman, Ola Toivonen, Atiba Hutchinson, Zakaria Labyad, Tim Matavz, Dries Mertens, Stanislav Manolev