“That’s why we converted it in the second half,” Echteld continues. “We then moved Lewis Schouten to midfield. But we don’t want that anymore. We want to train him as a central defender. In the beginning this went nice, but when we had to change Kasius, then we became less. Then you also lose the rhythm in the team.”
Penalty kicks
The game against Telstar was also dominated by the two penalties given and a number of dubious penalty times. Young AZ goalkeeper Daniël Deen had hoped to be able to copy his AZ colleague Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro, who stopped several penalties in the last games. Unfortunately, the 22-year-old goalkeeper of the Alkmaarders could not turn the effort of eleven meters of Youssef El Kachati.
View the reaction of Daniël Deen after the game below.