The wife of PSV Eindhoven and Israel striker Eran Zahavi said on Monday that she was the victim of a “horrifying experience” after two robbers, one of them armed, tied up and gagged her and her children in the couple’s home in Amsterdam.

They then ransacked the house, and escaped with personal items and cash.

“Yesterday (Sunday), my family and I went through a horrifying experience of robbery and attack in the place that is supposed to be the safest in the world for us — our home,” Shay Zahavi said in a message posted on Instagram. “We went through some difficult hours and we need a moment to take in everything.”

Police in Amsterdam investigating the robbery appealed for witnesses and released details of the family’s ordeal.

Zahavi missed PSV’s Dutch league match on Sunday against Willem II Tilburg after rushing home when he heard about the robbery.