Two silver-plated penalties from Jesper Karlsson helped AZ to win against Feyenoord. After the break, Lutsharel Geertruida made it exciting for a while with a connecting goal, but the Alkmaarders remained intact: 2-1. Arne Slot therefore returned from Alkmaar empty-handed.
In a full stadium, several legends were invited by AZ for the top match. Kees Kist, Hugo Hovenkamp and Kristen Nygaard, among others, were present. They were put in the spotlight before the game against Feyenoord with a nice atmosphere action† The old-timers saw a fiercer AZ against the Rotterdam team in the first half. As Pascal Jansen expected beforehand, the game was decided on details.
Due to a slight foul by Jorrit Hendrix on Dani de Wit, AZ received a penalty. This was used by Jesper Karlsson, it was the Swede’s tenth goal. Ten minutes later, the Alkmaarders were allowed to score again for a penalty kick, after a push by Tyrell Malacia in the back of Yukinari Sugawara. Karlsson then made it 2-0. Dani de Wit even seemed to make 3-0 from a rebound, but the VAR disallowed this goal for offside. On the stroke of half-time, the Alkmaarders had a huge opportunity via Karlsson, Justin Bijlow turned the bet.
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AZ’s supremacy before halftime disappeared like snow in the sun in the second half. Within five minutes Feyenoord scored the connecting goal via Lutsharel Geertruida with a fumble goal. Immediately after the kick-off, the Alkmaarders became dangerous through Vangelis Pavlidis, but Justin Bijlow saved his bet.
After this, the team from Rotterdam became dangerous through headers from Guus Til and Gernot Trauner, but Vindahl kept AZ going. Feyenoord got no more significant chances, Kamal Sowah got another gigantic chance. The substitute shot the ball wide for open goal. Due to the victory, the Alkmaarders approach Feyenoord to three points.
AZ setup: Vindahl; Witry (Aboukhlal/68), Hatzidiakos, Martins Indi, Wijndal; Midtsjø (Reijnders/68), Clasie (Beukema/86), De Wit; Sugawara, Pavlidis (Sowah/78), Karlsson