Welcome! In this live blog you can read all about the unique final that AZ will play tonight at 6 p.m. in the Youth League. In Geneva, the team up to 19 years old will compete against Hajduk Split from Croatia.
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AZ comes 5-0 against Hajduk Split. Mexx Meerdink makes his second of the evening and the fifth for AZ in the final of the Youth League.
It’s 3-0 for AZ! Poku with a nice one-two with Meerdink and then shoots in his second of the match. The final of the Youth League seems decided!
AZ will start the second half with a lead and top scorer Mexx Meerdink will join AZ’s team.
Jayden Addai redeems the penalty kick to give AZ a 1-0 lead against Hajduk Split in the Youth League final.
Sander Veraart, trainer AZ Under 13: “The boys love to see the players they see every day at the club shine. Last Friday we already watched the entire game with everyone. When we heard that we could play here watching, there was immediately a lot of enthusiasm.”
The final of the Youth League has started in Geneva. The match can be followed live on NH Radio!
The final of the Youth League will be played in a well-filled Stade de Genève. AZ has around 200 supporters in the stadium, Hajduk Split has brought 15,000 fans to Switzerland.
AZ Under 19 will start without Mexx Meerdink in the final of the Youth League. The 19-year-old striker played with the first against RKC Waalwijk (3-0) yesterday. He joined the selection for the final at the last minute, but is on the bench. Finn Stam got red in the semi-final and is therefore suspended against Hajduk Split. The kick-off in Geneva is at 6 p.m. and the match can be followed live on NH Radio!
The Youth League is an international football tournament for youth teams up to the age of 19. The tournament was organized for the first time in 2013 and consists of a group stage and a knockout stage. A total of 32 teams participate in the Youth League. All first teams of the clubs that have qualified for the group stage of the Champions League automatically participate. Through an additional field of participants, called theDomestic Champions Path, another 32 additional teams will participate. In this way AZ has entered the tournament.
AZ is the first Dutch club in history to reach the final of the Youth League. The Alkmaarders eliminated Shamrock Rovers, Red Star Belgrade, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Sporting Portugal on their way to the final.
UEFA has given last-minute permission to NH Sport to broadcast the match between AZ Onder 19 and Hajduk Split live on NH Radio. The kick-off in Geneva is at 6 p.m. You will receive the commentary from Frank van der Meijden and Edward Dekker.