AZ defender Vanheusden makes minutes in an exhibition game against FC Dordrecht

A combined team of AZ, Jong AZ and AZ under 18 has won a closed exhibition game against FC Dordrecht 1-0. Zinho Vanheusden made playing minutes again for the first time since January.

The Belgian defender also scored the only goal of the match. In the 28th minute he scored from a beautiful free kick. “I am very happy to be back on the field. It has been a difficult period in which I have sometimes been deep,” Vanheusden said on the AZ site.

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Keeper Hobie Verhulst, Mees de Wit and Zico Buurmeester from the main force of AZ participated. Both teams played an open game with chances at both ends. Both keepers showed themselves after the break with a number of great saves. Still, it remained 1-0 for AZ.

Japanese test player

At AZ, the Japanese Yuto Kawabata participated. The 19-year-old footballer played left winger and participated for 61 minutes.

Setup AZ: Hobie Verhulst, Jurre van Aken (Finn Stam/46), Sam Beukema (Misha Engel/46), Zinho Vanheusden (Loek Postma/61), Mees de Wit; Nick Twisk (Dave Kwakman/61), Zico Buurmeester; Iman Griffith (Jayen Gerold/78), Ricuenio Kewal (Jayden Addai/46), Nick Koster (Tom Kerssens/61), Yuto Kawabata (Ro-Zangelo Daal/61).

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