AZ has started the practice campaign for the new Eredivisie season well. On the field of VV Dirkshorn, the first divisionist PEC Zwolle was won 3-1.
Owen Wijndal was missing at AZ. The left-back is about to get his transfer to Ajax finalize. In the opening phase of the game, AZ let no grass grow. The team of coach Pascal Jansen took the lead after ten minutes by Yusuf Barasi. The 19-year-old striker scored the 1-0 on a pass from Myron van Brederode. The audience in Dirkshorn did not have to wait long for AZ’s second goal. It was halfway through the first half the new addition Mayckal Lahdo doubled that lead.
In the second half there was a completely different team on the field on behalf of AZ, but this was not at the expense of the game. The Alkmaarders were also the dominant party in the second company. The dominance soon resulted in the 3-0. Vangelis Pavlidis was sent deep and the Greek striker finished off coolly.
Not the zero
In the end, AZ did not manage to keep the zero. Chardi Landu made it 3-1 on behalf of the Zwolle players by finishing face to face with goalkeeper Peter Vindahl. The victory was no longer in danger in the final phase.
AZ plays
AZ setup: concealed; Dekker, Beukema, M. de Wit; De Jong, Reijnders, Schouten, D. de Wit; Lahdo, Barasi, Van Brederode
Line-up AZ second half: Vindahl; Witry, Hatzidiakos, Koopmeiners, Kerkez (M. de Wit/85); Midtsjø, Neighbor, Odgaard; Griffith, Pavlidis, Dune