For an hour there was no dirt in the air for AZ. After the Telstar connection goal, however, a lot of sand came in the engine of the Alkmaarders. “We should have made the 3 or 4-0 much earlier,” said goalkeeper Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro, who kept his goal clean in the final phase and helped AZ with a 2-1 win.
“We make it unnecessarily difficult for ourselves. We started really well. In the second half we were a phase less sharp and we more often lost the ball. The 2-1 also came from that. In the end we also get the chances of the 3-1 or even 4-1,” said the 21-year-old goalkeeper from Purmerend after the game.
AZ coach Maarten Martens saw, just like his goalkeeper, that it became unnecessarily exciting in the final phase. “You actually forget the things that went very well. This was a match to win 3-0 or 4-1. We must also make that analysis honest.”
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“Super important result”, Martens continues. “Against Zwolle (2-2 ed.) You actually have to win with two goals difference. If you got that again today, then really go with a very pussy feeling that international break.”
Parrott to Ireland
Martens will challenge the necessary internationals during the upcoming international break. Similarly, the newly fit Troy Parrott that has been called for Ireland. “Parrott is ready to play matches again. Of course we would have preferred him here, but we will send him there with a certain assignment. That he can physically train and make agreements about it.”
The next AZ match is on Saturday, October 18. Then the team of Maarten Martens will compete against the plagued Ajax. Kick -off in the Johan Cruijff Arena is at 9 p.m.