Cheers for substitute Kees Smit
The basic place of Jensen was limited to one half. Besides Hobie Verhulst and Alexandre Penetra, the basic players remained, with which Maarten Martens seemed to send a signal. The firmness of the players did not lead to great opportunities of AZ. On the contrary, for the children present, the injured people on the ‘main stand’ were more interesting. Kees Smit’s change for Sven Mijnans provided the most cheers of the second half.
There seemed to be no more winner for a long time, but it eventually came. The substitute Denso Kasius provided the winning goal on the AZ side. That way, ‘really’ could still be cheered by the AZ supporters present. The Alkmaarders pass the last exam, but the victory does not offer real guarantees. The Finnish Ilves Tampere will be the opponent in the second preliminary round of the Conference League next Thursday. The kick -off is 6 pm.
AZ setup: Verhulst (Zoet/46; Dijkstra (Kasius/77), Penetra (Goes/46, Oud/77), Dekker, Chávez (De Wit/62); Kwakman, neighbor, Mijnans (Smit/70); Sadiq (Poku/77), Meerdink (Parrott/77), Jenssensen, Jenssensen, Jenssensen, Jenssensen,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.