The highest attainable for this season is the Conference League for AZ. That must be achieved in the play-offs. According to attacker Ruben van Bommel, there is still enough motivation in the team: “We have set other goals, now we just have to go for this,” he says optimistically. Martens adds his words: “We just want to get European football. But of course it is different from what we had hoped.”
Again leading role Goes
Smet On the 0-3 win was the direct red card in the injury time for Wouter Goes. The defender used a hard tackle on Enric Llansana and was able to put it on immediately after he had put the 0-2 on the scoreboard before: “I think the style that Bas Nijhuis has as a referee does not fit. I think that is very strange,” the AZ trainer concludes.
Next Sunday, AZ is waiting for AZ with FC Groningen in -house. Then there are competitions with FC Twente and Almere City on the roll. The Alkmaarders are sixth with 50 points from 31 games.