Welcome to our live blog! On this Sunday we will keep you informed of developments at sc Heerenveen – AZ and Telstar – FC Utrecht, but also of other regional sports news. Tips? Email to[email protected]
Past: Telstar – FC Utrecht: 1-1
Past: sc Heerenveen – AZ 3-1
The Extension has ended. You can listen to this episode from Tuesday on our site or in your favorite podcast app.
Daan Gelling has won the Four of North Holland. The Groninger rode Jorian ten Cate out of the orange leader suit in a spectacular final race in Hoorn. Among the women, the overall victory went to Kim Talsma.
Telstar misses the opportunity to win. Kay Tejan gets the ball in front of his foot and Soufian El Karouani takes the ball off the line. This one really should have been there…
There is the equalizer for FC Utrecht. A long shot falls in and goalkeeper Koeman Jr. doesn’t look good.
The extra playing time is 5 minutes.
At FC Utrecht they are going to play all or nothing and so Telstar has to defend. The people of Velsen keep the lines close together and Utrecht pumps the balls forward. Will Telstar take the victory?
What sloppiness. The visitors get a free kick in a nice spot, but the effort is hopeless.
Nwankwo and Offers leave the field. Malone and Mertens are their replacements.
Substitute Adrian Blake with a nice volley. Goalkeeper Koeman Jr. takes it.
Guus Offerhaus takes out the counter, but takes a yellow card.
To the delight of the stadium, Utrecht striker Haller gets a yellow card after a hard foul on Koswal. A little later, Utrecht player Zechiël also received a yellow card.
Lechkar and Hardeveld leave. Noslin and Ritmeester van de Kamp are their replacements.
The entire stadium thinks Brouwer will score, but it is offside.
Hetli with a shot that goes in!
A nice Telstar attack. Now it’s Owusu with a shot. His commitment passes.
That’s just going well. Goalkeeper Koeman Jr. with a wrong pass. A goal is barely prevented.
The ball rolls again in Velsen-Zuid, where it is still cold, windy and drizzly. At Telstar the same names are on the lines again.
The bank at Telstar could still be of value in the second half. Tyrese Noslin and Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp, normally regulars for the Velsen team, are in the dug-out. Has coach Anthony Correia come up with something to be successful with his substitutions? Noslin reached the World Cup earlier this week with his country Curaçao. Ritmeester van de Kamp will be a guest on NH Sport’s De Verlenging tonight, which can be heard live between 7 and 8 p.m.!
Both teams go to the changing rooms.
The visitors haven’t had a chance yet. However, this corner becomes dangerous because Telstar goalkeeper Koeman Jr. does not immediately hold the ball.
FC Utrecht has the ball, but the chances are for Telstar. The home team is just incredibly sloppy. Now it is Rossen who has lost the ball and is in a promising position.
Typical of the match. Now it is Hetli with a mediocre shot that flies over.
Hetli is knocked down. A nice place for a free kick. Hardeveld goes behind the ball, but it is a hopeless variant that results in loss of ball.
FC Utrecht has the ball, but Telstar has the chances. Now it’s Nils Rossen with a shot that flies over.
Nice slide from Guus Offerhaus from outside the box. Vasileios Barkas has a tight grip on him.
A very early yellow card for Telstar midfielder Adil Lechkar.
Telstar has kicked off. The home team has to chase the competition who took points yesterday. Excelsior managed to beat Ajax 2-1. FC Volendam picked up a point against FC Twente (1-1) and Heracles won 4-2 against GAE.
It’s over in the Abe Lenstra Stadium. AZ goes down against SC Heerenveen and loses 3-1. A new disappointment for the Alkmaarders after the defeat against PSV.
The match ends in just over four minutes in Heerenveen. Peer Koopmeiners has just been substituted for Dave Kwakman.
Good save from Jeroen Zoet on a shot by Luuk Brouwers in injury time. It’s not AZ afternoon.
Luuk Brouwers seems to decide the match. He hits a brilliant shot from distance and Heerenveen’s margin is two again.
AZ brings the tension back again. Wassim Bouziane removes his direct opponent well and enables Troy Parrott to score.
Maxence Rivera tries it from a distance. His long shot sails narrowly past the intersection. The audience in the stadium already counted him.
Heerenveen hits the aluminum again. This time the ball hits the post via Jeroen Zoet. A little later it has to save again. He keeps AZ going.
Maarten Martens makes a new substitution. Lequincio Zeefuik comes on for Maxim Dekker.
Dylan Vente can head in freely after a beautiful cross from Joris van Overeem. The striker heads hard towards the AZ goal, but Jeroen Zoet parries the header like a cat. The goalkeeper proved his worth several times today.
On the other hand, Kees Smit gets a shooting opportunity. His shot is blocked by a Heerenveen defender. First pinprick after AZ’s halftime. Mees de Wit then goes to the side for Mateo Chavez.
Kees Smit gets involved in a row with Luuk Brouwers. The AZ youngster seems to receive a yellow card from referee Allard Lindhout, but it is for Brouwers.
The second half in Heerenveen has started. Maarten Martens immediately makes a double substitution. Both wingers Ibrahim Sadiq and Weslley Patati leave. Matej Sin and Wassim Bouziane enter.
The first half is over in Heerenveen. Enough food for thought for AZ after the 2-0 deficit. See you soon!
Jacob Trenskow plants the ball on the crossbar after a wonderful action by Maxence Rivera, who passes several AZ players. AZ is really having a hard time right now.
Things are going fast now. Former AZ player Joris van Overeem, of all people, hits Heerenveen’s second. Big hit for the Alkmaarders just before half time.
AZ is increasingly coming into the match and taking over the initiative. Yet the Frisians are 1-0. Luuk Brouwers passes to Dylan Vente and he slides the ball in in front of an empty goal.
Elijah Dijkstra picks up the ball well and immediately gives a through ball to Troy Parrott. Unfortunately for AZ, he is not (yet) as sharp as in Ireland and his attempt through Bernt Klaverboer goes wide.
Moments later, a cross from Weslley Patati just misses Parrott’s head. AZ becomes slightly stronger in this phase.
Heerenveen comes out dangerous again. The AZ defense shoots, but is lucky that the ball goes past the goal via Mees de Wit. The people of Alkmaar do not seem awake yet.
A fireworks bomb goes off from the AZ supporters’ box. The crowd is startled for a moment, but the referee Allard Lindhout allows play to continue. The smoke also dissipates quickly.
Heerenveen gets an imposed chance twice. First Maas Willemsen hits hard and then the rebound is also dangerous. Jeroen Zoet is sharp in both cases and can save. The goalkeeper replaces the injured Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro.
A little later the danger comes again from the Frisians. A heel behind Dylan Vente’s standing leg just rolls past the post. Lucky for AZ.
Welcome to our live blog. On this Sunday we will keep you informed of developments at Heerenveen – AZ and Telstar – FC Utrecht, but also of other regional sports news.