Jong AZ made a bad turn against ADO Den Haag in the last match of 2023. The talents from Alkmaar lost 1-2. Captain Wouter Goes fought the necessary duels with the attackers from The Hague and also occasionally pushed the edge himself. “You hope that your fellow players will follow you in this.”
Wouter Goes: “The referee sometimes did not have the match under control” – NH Sport/Frank van der Meijden
Jong AZ gave away a 1-0 lead in the second half. “It was a match with many long balls and then you have to win the second ball. They did a good job with the goal against and the ball was passed too easily and that is how the goal came,” the Jong AZ captain analyzes after the match. duel.
“If the referee had seen it it would have been red”
Halfway through the second half, after an altercation with Jort van de Sande, Goes suddenly found himself lying on the artificial turf in Wijdewormer with facial pain. “We were standing head to head and he tapped me. If the referee had seen it, it would have been red. I don’t think the referee had control of the match.”
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Jan Sierksma: “We should have gotten a result here” – NH Sport/Frank van der Meijden
Young AZ coach Jan Sierksma was disappointed with the result. According to the coach, there could have been much more against ADO Den Haag. “We should and could have achieved a result here today. In fact, we completely gave it away in a few minutes.”
Jong AZ enters the winter break as number 12 in the first division. The competition will resume on Friday, January 12, with an away match against fellow provincial Telstar.
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