Hungover AZ fans saw ‘default’ and missed the drums

“It is of course a shame that Feyenoord’s goal fell in the last minute,” says Joey Ligthart from Waarland. The AZ fan was looking forward to the squatter, but has to deal with the defeat on this Sunday. “This hurts. Although the defeat is justified.” Matthijs Keuning also shares this opinion. He also supported AZ in the packed away section in De Kuip. “The result corresponds to the game shown, only this is a very expensive defeat.”

Fireworks

“Because of the many fireworks in the beginning, I saw nothing of the match at all”, Ligthart looks back on the emergence of both teams. “I looked at my phone for the first few minutes.” Keuning could enjoy that ambiance, but it was a bit disappointing afterwards with the atmosphere. “It was pretty quiet in our profession, which was also due to the absence of drums and a megaphone. That makes a big difference and the match was not really attractive. It’s a pity, because normally matches in De Kuip are much more atmospheric.”

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Marius Wiegman sat at home in front of the TV in Alkmaar. The reporter from AZ Fanpage watched the top match with some friends. “I am really grumpy about this. I felt everything was against it. The goal in the last minute, a handball at 1-1 and AZ just played very badly.” AZ’s mediocre game was striking, as the Alkmaarders did very well in 2023. And last week, Pascal Jansen’s team won convincingly 5-0 at home against Excelsior. “I thought this was a failure of AZ”, Ligthart is critical of his team. “Pavlidis should be the best striker in the Eredivisie, but there was nothing to see yesterday. Only Wouter Goes and Jordy Clasie their level.”

“No shot on target”

“Maybe we miss Dani de Wit more than we think”, Wiegman is looking for an explanation for the poor Alkmaar showing in South Rotterdam. “I lacked the conviction. I thought the defense was still reasonable, but we didn’t do anything offensively. I didn’t see a shot on target.” Due to this result, the difference with Feyenoord has increased to five points and AZ must be careful not to drop further in the ranking. Keuning: “We were already out of the cup, so that means two important defeats in a short period. I hope AZ will recover soon and then I think second or third place is really possible.”

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The defeat and also the game shown has put the AZ fans back on the ground. Nevertheless, Ligthart remains proud of what his team has shown this season. “If you told me in the summer that AZ would compete for the title, I would have signed for it. And I am still happy that we are competing for second place, but I have the championship out of my mind.” head.” Wiegman also does not see the bowl coming to Alkmaar this year. “I think the title goes between Feyenoord and Ajax. AZ must go full for that second place. Next week against Cambuur we just have to win and then hopefully a few injured players will come back.”