After 342 days, Mo Ihattaren has made his first minutes in professional football again. With Jong Ajax, the creative midfielder played a 0-0 draw at NAC Breda. Jong AZ became the only North Holland club to win tonight by beating Jong PSV 2-0 in Wijdewormer.
NAC Breda – Young Ajax
The match in Breda started furiously with several opportunities for NAC, but in the sequel both teams mainly kept each other in balance. The 0-0 result was therefore justified. In the last ten minutes, Ihattaren still had the chance to brighten up his debut with a goal, but his shot from about ten yards was cracked.
Young Ajax drops to seventh place in the first division due to the third draw in a row. NAC Breda remains ninth.
Line-up Young Ajax: Raatsie; Gooijer (Van der Sloot/78), Van Gelderen, Musampa, Boss; Warmerdam (Banel/90), Hlynsson, Fitz-Jim; Martha (Ihattaren/62), Rasmussen, Ünüvar (Delgado/62)
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Young AZ – Young PSV
In a match with few opportunities, the Alkmaarders turned out to be more effective than the Eindhoven team. Zico Buurmeester opened the score after seventeen minutes after a combination through the center. He turned away from his direct opponent and scored convincingly: 1-0.
That score remained on the board until injury time. After a red card for Young PSV player Jenson Seelt (taking down Koster broken through), Bram Franken, who had just come in, made the decision. The midfielder scored from a free kick.
Due to the fourth victory in a row, the team of trainer Maarten Martens is now eleventh in the ranking. Jong PSV drops to fourteenth place and has two points less.
Line-up Young AZ: concealed; Gemmel, Velthuis, Dekker, Lathouwers; Schouten (Franken/86), Neighbor, De Jong; Poku (Kewal/65), Meerdink (Koster/46), Allouch (Daal/86)
