AZ-Ilves | just now
‘Hungry for more’, we even read on AZ’s socials. Will it get even worse for Ilves Tampere after halftime? Three years ago, AZ already won 7-0 against Scottish side Dundee United. The biggest European victory dates back to 1977: 11-1 against Red Boys Differdange from Luxembourg.
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AZ was determined to take revenge after the poor performance in Finland. And they succeeded: 4-0 at halftime, 7-4 in total. Dungannon Swifts (Northern Ireland) or FC Vaduz (Liechtenstein) await in the next round.
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45′ Left winger Daal flashes past his opponents time and time again. Now he seems to be getting a penalty with another dribble. But it turns out to be a yellow for Daal, for an alleged dive.
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42′ GOAL AZ! 4-0
Kasius seems to be in the way of a shot from Mijnans. But he unintentionally gives the ball the right direction and gets the 4-0 to his name! And it’s not even halftime…
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36′ GOAL AZ! 3-0
And there’s already number three for AZ, after a studied corner. Clasie, Smit and De Wit exhaust the Finns on the left flank. De Wit crosses and Poku can give the final push. 6-4 over two games, this can’t really go wrong anymore.
AZ-Ilves | 22 minutes ago
Parrott cheers together with Wouter Goes. The Irishman already has three goals in his second official game of the season. And it doesn’t seem like AZ is settling for 2-0.
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29′ There’s Mijnans almost with the 3-0! Well parried by keeper Virtanen.
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28′ AZ thunders on and claims a penalty for hands. But referee Kristjansson from Iceland doesn’t want to go along with it.
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26′ GOAL AZ! 2-0
There he is again: Parrott scores his second! De Wit reaches the back line and crosses, the Irishman can give the final push.
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22′ GOAL AZ! 1-0
That doesn’t exactly come out of nowhere: Parrott still puts AZ at 1-0. Goes wins the ball, Smit finds Poku, the right winger then serves Parrott. And he scores the first Alkmaar goal, just like last week.
AZ-Ilves | 33 minutes ago
Parrott was already close to 1-0, but his subtle effort was cleared off the line.
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17′ It’s going fast, there are the next two yellow cards already. Mijnans and Väisänen get into an argument and are both booked.
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13′ AZ is wasting no time, Smit gets the next big chance. But he runs into Virtanen. In the rebound, a foul is made on Parrott, but the Irishman is called back for offside.
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10′ Parrott is once again one-on-one with the goalkeeper. He loses the ball, slides too hard and hits him in the face. Virtanen is being treated, Parrott gets yellow.
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9′ Big chance for AZ! Parrott comes free in front of keeper Virtanen and passes him with a chip. But the ball is cleared just before the line by defender Rale.
AZ-Ilves | 49 minutes ago
These are the eleven starting players of AZ: they must ensure that the European adventure of the Alkmaar team will be continued after tonight.
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1′ Kick-off! We have started in Alkmaar on part two of the Dutch-Finnish diptych, with an intermediate score of 3-4.
AZ-Ilves | 59 minutes ago
During the warm-up, the AZ fans are pouring in, but it is not a full house tonight. Certainly not in the away section, where we counted fourteen Finnish supporters.
AZ-Ilves | 1 hour ago
Routinier Jeroen Zoet is also in goal tonight, in the absence of Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro. Last week Zoet had to fish four times.
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NU.nl reporter Stan Wagtman has arrived at the AFAS Stadium. Less than an hour until kick-off.
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Line-up AZ! Alexandre Penetra and Sven Mijnans return to the starting lineup. Maxim Dekker is missing due to an injury, Teun Koopmeiners is on the bench. In the striker position, Troy Parrott is once again preferred over Mexx Meerdink.