After forty minutes it didn’t look like AZ would achieve European football. In fact: FC Twente was lord and master in Alkmaar and was comfortable in the lead, through two goals from Sem Steijn: 0-2.
Mexx Meerdink provided a connection goal just before the break, with a hard bang. Just as hard, AZ popped out of the dressing room in the second half. Ruben van Bommel pulled out devastating in the 53rd minute, although he was helped by Tytoń. “He went straight for him. Fortunately the shot was hard enough, so it went through the hands of the keeper.”