Welcome to our live blog! On this drizzly Thursday, AZ will play in the Eredivisie against NAC Breda. While the main force plays in the competition, O-19 is preparing for the Youth League Finals. We will also keep you informed of this in this live blog. So don’t miss anything.
Live: AZ – NAC Breda 1-1
Due to the unparalleled goal of Mexx Meerdink, it will be 1-1 between AZ and NAC. The Alkmaarders turn off a defeat in the absolute final phase, but again there is no victory.
Mexx Meerdink scores the equalizer out of an adhesive. What a bizarre tasty goal and very important.
A cross from Mayckel Lahdo is headed up close by Sven Mijnans. That had to be 1-1, sin.
David Møller Wolfe goes to the side for Ernest Poku. It is the last change of AZ, so that means that Wouter Goes will stay on the couch.
Now it is Jayden Addai, who tries it. This time Bielica has to offer a good save, but does that again.
After a handsome combination, Kees Smit with the left takes out. Again Daniel Bielica turns out to be an obstacle. Moments later Mayckel Lahdo tries from distance. This shot is re -turned.
Leo Sauer is completely free at a corner and can head the ball in the goal. NAC takes the lead in Alkmaar …. Cups are thrown beer on the field, but the game continues (after consultation).
Wouter Goes remains (for the time being) on the couch at AZ. Peer Koopmeers goes to the side for Seiya Maikuma.
It took a while, but AZ again produces a nice attack. Substitute Sven Mijnans shoots out of the turn to the goal. Keeper Daniel Bielica can turn the bet.
Zico Buurmeester, Ibrahim Sadiq and Ruben van Bommel go to the side. Sven Mijnans, Jayden Addai and Mayckel Lahdo are their substitutes.
Leo Sauer pushes the ball out of a very dangerous position for NAC’s goal.
After the injury treatments, both players walk back into the field and we can continue with the game.
Boy Kemper and Ibrahim Sadiq collide with each other in a nasty way. Both players need care and the game is standing still.
Wouter Goes now also reports to the sidelines for the warm-up and is fully applause from the Alkmaar public. An approval nod follows.
Mayckel Lahdo, Sven Mijnans and Jayden Addai are warming up with loud applause from the audience.
The spectators can quickly cheer again after a wonderful free kick by Mexx Meerdink. Goalkeeper Daniel Bielica can barely push the ball to the side.
Elías Már ómmarsson is very hard, but through the fists of Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro and Alexandre Penetra the ball does not go in.
AZ and NAC have changed in the break. That means that Wouter Goes is still on the couch.
The first half has yielded few uplifting moments in Alkmaar. We are going to rest with 0-0.
Peer Koopmeers briefly takes a corner through Kees Smit and gets the ball back. Koopmeiners then curls the ball towards the goal, but the attempt passes well. Whistle from the stands is the result. Just like in the last few weeks, the AZ audience is hardly entertained in this first half.
Ruben van Bommel is engaged in a fierce duel with Cherrion Valerius and gives a push to the right back. The players of NAC are going to get a story, but the referee stops them. The referee gives a free kick to NAC and calls Van Bommel to him. The stocking is finished after a short get.
The striker, who replaces Troy Parrott, tries to outwit goalkeeper Daniel Bielica with half a bang. Unfortunately for him the attempt goes next to the goal. The efforts of the striker had earned a better fate.
A wonderful free kick by Ruben van Bommel is just next to the NAC goal. After a strong start, AZ collapses a bit, but that may be the starting signal for a better phase.
The shot of Leo Sauer, however, goes far about the goal of Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro. Before that, Kees Smit’s deployment went wrong via a NAC defender.
AZ records the first shot on goal via a free kick from Peer Koopmeiners. His commitment is too soft to surprise goalkeeper Daniel Bielica.
Moments later, Mexx Meerdink suddenly takes the ball on the slipper. Shot just over. The intentions of AZ are clear.
Can AZ revanch the lost cup final? The ball rolls against NAC in Alkmaar!
Wouter Goes suffered from a hamstring injury for the final. “He only met the Eagles in the selection later in the week before the final,” said trainer Maarten Martens just before the duel with NAC. “He can play, but we want to keep him whole for a determining phase in the competition. So now we have to save him.”
Botic van de Zandschulp has given up injured in the first round of the Madrid tournament. The 29-year-old Amstelvener stopped at a backlog of 7-5 2-6 4-1.
Van de Zandschulp lost his second storage, but fought back in the first set. At a stand of 5-5 he lost two games in a row. Van de Zandschulp made much less unnecessary mistakes in the second set. He soon took a 3-1 lead and walked out to 6-2.
Welcome to our live blog. On this drizzly Thursday, AZ will play in the Eredivisie against NAC Breda. While the main force plays in the competition, O-19 is preparing for the Youth League Finals.