PSV Manager Van Bommel: “Inter Is A Small Derby For Me, Anyone Can Beat Anyone”

Ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League encounter, PSV Eindhoven manager Mark Van Bommel recalled his previous experience against Inter.

“I lost the Champions League Final to Inter in 2010. Facing them with PSV is special. It’ll be a small derby for me. It’s been eight years since that night in Madrid, but it still hurts,” he told reporters ahead of the clash.

“Mourinho’s Inter were tactically perfect. But when I joined Milan in January 2011, I took my revenge. We beat Inter 3-0 in the derby, went five points clear of them and won the Scudetto at the end of the season.”

Van Bommel proceeded to talk about the group as a whole that contains themselves, Inter, Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur.

“Ours is the most difficult group. I am concerned about facing all three teams, but anyone can beat anyone. It’s special for me to face Barca. I won the Champions League with them. In that team there was Samuel Eto’o and Ronaldinho, two phenomenal players.”