“I think we will talk about what needs to be improved,” is Kees Smit’s expectation. The 19-year-old midfielder from Heiloo was quite frustrated in front of the camera afterwards. “We’ve been doing that for a while and it’s still not getting much better.”

Early in the match, AZ fell behind, but Maarten Martens’ team recovered before half time. Via a headed goal by Troy Parrott and an own goal by Mats Deijl.

Whistling supporters

During the period of the deficit, there seemed to be some misunderstanding between the AZ players. For example, Parrott and Weslley Patati argued with each other for a while about a wrong ball. Furthermore, the audience showed through flute concerts that it was not satisfied.

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