Coach Maarten Martens calls Bouziane’s substitute ‘the only positive’. “Wassim did a good job. He brought a threat and with his speed he also has weapons. If we had had everyone at that level, we would have been closer.”
“It’s just not good enough, so you rightly lose,” says Martens. “I can’t take anything positive from that now. We could have ensured that we could distance ourselves from other teams, which brings you closer to the top two. Today it turned out that we do not belong there.”
Due to the defeat, AZ remains third in the Premier League, but fails to distance itself from the attackers. The home match against Shelbourne in the Conference League is scheduled for the Alkmaarders next Thursday. Kick-off is at 6:45 PM and you can of course follow that match via our live blog on the site and in the app.