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Live: NEC – AZ 1-2
AZ and NEC start the second half in Nijmegen unchanged.
The first half is over in Nijmegen, where AZ leads through offside players Ibrahim Sadiq and Ernest Poku. Vito van Crooij scored the equalizer in between.
After a skirmish between Wouter Goes and Bryan Linssen, they both get yellow. A minute later, Sontje Hansen goes through on Peer Koopmeiners and he also has a yellow card.
Ernest Poku takes the ball from something over the center line, soles towards the goal and shoots hard. It is only his second Eredivisie goal for AZ. He made his first against NEC ….
From a corner of Peer Koopmeiners, Ibrahim Sadiq heads far away. First pin prick in a long time of AZ.
Now Kristijan Belic can barely block a shot from Hansen. AZ is in a difficult phase after the equalizer.
Moments later, Thomas Ouwejan (former player of AZ) steams up. His shot is slowly bouncing towards the goal.
Not for the first time this competition there will be danger from Sontje Hansen. He gets too much space and pays the ball on the bar. The audience will be behind it again.
It is right again. A cross from Lefteris Lyratzis comes to the head of Vito van Crooij and he heads.
Ibrahim Sadiq takes AZ at lightning speed from a corner. The Alkmaarders Leiden in Nijmegen. Troy Parrott heads the ball back and Sadiq fumes the ball over the goal line.
Thomas Ouwejan gives a tight pass and the ball comes via Bryan Linssen at Sontje Hansen. His shot is still blocked by Zico Buurmeester and ends in the hands of Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro.
The ball rolls in Nijmegen for the first time. Can AZ pay with NEC?
The men of Bloemendaal did not get any further than a draw against Kampong in the big league Hockey: 4-4. Competitor Amsterdam can benefit tomorrow, they play a home game against HDM. Hurley receives orange-red earlier in the afternoon.
Pinoké was well too strong for Klein Switzerland (5-2) and is seventh in the competition. The women of the Amstelveen Pinoké have beat HDM 4-1. They are therefore third in the competition.
Jesper de Jong did not succeed in reaching the final of the Challenger Tournament in Girona, Spain. The 24-year-old Haarlemmer lost in two sets by routine Marin Cilic from Croatia: 6-4 6-4.
By achieving the semi -finals in Girona in Girona, De Jong assured himself from a place in the Top 100 of the World Ranking from next Monday, with place 98. That is the highest ranking in his career. He started the tournament as the number 105. Cilic is currently the number 143, but the 36-year-old Kroaat was once third in the ATP ranking.
In the battle for the national championship in the Women’s Eredivisie, PSV achieved an important 1-0 win against AZ. The Eindhoven team in Wijdewormer had enough of a goal of 34-year-old routinier Renate Jansen, who scored five minutes after the break. PSV remains in the lead due to the victory with 48 points from nineteen games. Number 3 Ajax will play at home against ADO Den Haag on Sunday.
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