Pascal Jansen starts the interview with a smile. But soon a serious look appears on his face. Like everyone at AZ, the Alkmaar coach is also very sad after the escalation over the match won against Legia Warsaw (1-0).
At the press conference, which was mainly supposed to be about the top match Ajax – AZ, it was almost exclusively about the disturbances after AZ – Legia Warsaw. Pascal Jansen: “What happened after yesterday’s match is very annoying and especially distracting.”
Safety coordinator
If there is one low point in all the violent chaos, it is probably the assault on the safety coordinator. The AZ employee probably suffered a concussion and a broken elbow at the hands of two Legia Warsaw players. “It’s indefensible.”
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Positive
“I hope that better times will come when it comes to these types of topics,” says Jansen, who still wants to be positive about the future. The coach of the number two in the Premier League did not talk about it with his players this morning. “It’s getting enough attention at the moment and we have to focus on what we can influence and this is not one of them.”
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What the AZ players can influence is the result next Sunday in Amsterdam against Ajax. The North Holland cracker starts at 2:30 PM in the Johan Cruijff Arena. NH Sport is present and follows the match and everything surrounding it closely.