Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro made his first minutes in professional football on behalf of Jong AZ tonight. Unfortunately, the talented 18-year-old goalkeeper was unable to prevent Maarten Martens’ team from losing 1-0 to Eindhoven on his debut. “Mixed feeling. Proud, but unfortunately not a good result.”
Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro about his debut in professional football – NH Sport/Frank van der Meijden
The young goalkeeper, who shone last season on behalf of the Under 18 of AZ in the Youth League, could look back on a strong game. “In terms of goalkeeping, I showed myself well. I had a few good saves,” says Owusu-Oduro after the game. “Football went a little less, but I think I stood my ground. It’s a shame about the result, but I’m proud of the team.”
“I think I’ve stood my ground”
“We dominated in the second half. It is a shame that we conceded a goal in the last five seconds of the first half. That was very unfortunate. In the end we lost unnecessarily,” said Owuso-Oduro about the narrow defeat.
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Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro at debut: “Lost unnecessarily” – NH Sport
Unnecessary defeat
Young AZ coach Maarten Martens was really annoyed afterwards that his team left the field with zero points. “The 1-0 fell at a crucial moment. That was a shame and I think it was preceded by a handball”, said Martens, who was booked for protesting the opening goal. “In the end we lost unnecessarily, but it is going too far to say that we deserved three points here.”
Young AZ coach Maarten Martens could not hide his frustration with the goal – NH Sport
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