Good afternoon. In this live blog we will keep you informed of the matches between AZ and SC Heerenveen and those of Ajax against Almere City. The competition left points last night, so the North Holland teams can do good business today. You can also read all the other North Holland sports news here.
🔴 Live: Almere City FC – Ajax (0-1)
Last: SC Heerenveen – AZ (3-1)
After the opening goal of Kenneth Taylor, little is not worth mentioning.
Mika Godts and Hamdi Akujobi are annoying with each other. Both players go to the side, but can continue.
Kenneth Taylor makes him for Ajax with a diagonal and placed shot.
The home team kicked off for the first half.
What a huge damper for AZ. The Alkmaarders lose 3-1 of the Frisians.
Over and close for AZ. After an error from Jordy Clasie, Markus Linday pops in for the home team.
AZ keeper Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro
Lahdo makes the equalizer, but the Var intervenes. Kees Smit has caused a penalty for that and therefore the goal does not take place and Heerenveen gets a penalty.
Troy Parrott shoots on goal, but it is Andries Noppert with a feline salvation.
Heerenveen blunders in the defense and Zico Buurmeester makes the connection goal.
AZ turns on and gets some options. Now it is Parrott with a chance, but he encounters goalkeeper Noppert.
The header of Wouter Goes goes a meter next to it.
A beautiful goal from Heerenveen. Sebaoui hits him up close in the intersection.
Bruno Martin-Indi gives the wrong pass prior to the goal.
Kristian Belic with a shot from outside the sixteen. Only his attempt is lacking in direction and strength and the ball ends up in the hands of Heerenveen keeper Andries Noppert.
AZ kicked off for the second half. Maarten Martens has implemented a double change. Penetra and Koopmeers are left in the dressing room. Martins-Indi and Smit are their substitutes.
ESPN analyst Gertjan Verbeek sees a very bad AZ: “Such a competition that you think in the break, I can change all eleven.”
AZ does not play well and is 1-0 behind Heerenveen. In the second half it should otherwise be the Alkmaarders to go home with a result.
Kristijan Belic with a short play ball. Goalkeeper Owusu-Odoro manages to save his foot.
AZ midfielder Kristijan Belic takes the first yellow card of the game.
There is little to experience in Heerenveen and AZ has not yet created a chance.
Perhaps AZ still has the won cup match of last Thursday, because the Alkmaarders are not yet involved.
The first dangerous moment is immediately a goal. Lukovic taps up close for Heerenveen.
Heerenveen kicked off.
Andries Noppert returns on Sunday in the basic team of SC Heerenveen. The goalkeeper replaces in the home game against AZ Mickey van der Hart, who is missing in the selection of the Frisians due to a wrist injury.
The head coach Robin van Persie, who left for Feyenoord, appointed Van der Hart as the first goalkeeper at the start of the season. Then he chose a number of duels for Noppert, but in the end he came out of Van der Hart again.
Against AZ, interim trainer Henk Brugge is on the couch at SC Heerenveen for the first time.