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AZ suffered Thursday night the biggest European defeat in club history. The Alkmaar went earlier 1-4 defeat against Olympique Lyon in France was by as much as 7-1 for the French. Today AZ takes in-house against PEC Zwolle and you can not say that the preparation has been optimized for AZ. PEC Zwolle manages to take advantage of the ailing AZ?
AZ Alkmaar: Trip to France but quickly forgotten
AZ could have just as well written dismiss the away match in Lyon. The Alkmaar played not even against the best team of Olympique Lyon, but the team of Van den Brom stood at rest already 4-1 behind. At the beginning of the second half names back the French still some gas, but in the final stage it eventually even became 7-1. AZ was so completely lost to Olympique Lyon and John van den Brom was afterwards ashamed to speak to the media: “This is hard. You go there with the idea going to make a contest of it, but we have trumped on all fronts ‘Ben Rienstra joined entirely with his trainer’. To do this unimaginable pain. I could cry. There was a lot wrong. ”
Although the Netherlands is obviously not much we can surely say that it is not even so bad that Alkmaar are knocked out of the Europa League. AZ can now include fully focus on the Premier League and that is sorely needed. The Alkmaar forfeited last week two points visiting Willem II and today have to actually book a win to stay close at FC Utrecht. Although Alkmaar so hard slicing went in Lyon and all three games have not won a game in a row expect John van den Brom today or that the Alkmaar start from scratch: “We play at home and want to set the tone against PEC Zwolle for the hangover Thursday evening to wash away. ”
Probable lineup AZ Alkmaar
Curl; Luck Assen, Vlaar, Wuytens, Haps; Bel Hassani, Seun Parties, Rienstra; Jahanbakhsh, Weghorst, Tankovic.
PEC Zwolle: Nicolai Brock-Madsen is on
After two wins in a row went PEC Zwolle last weekend defeat at FC Utrecht visit. In the first half of the Galgenwaard there was not much to enjoy, but the Zwolle or went into the locker room trailing 1-0 through an own goal by Bram van Polen. In the second half FC Utrecht soon doubled the score and ten minutes from time Nacer Barazite made on behalf of the Utrecht 3-0. Eventually Nicolai Brock-Madsen grabbed his score a goal with the Galgenwaard, but that goal was, of course, especially for the personal stats Dane. The Zwolle so went slicing jobs, but according to Ron Jans has his players not completely blend into the Galgenwaard. ‘Utrecht deserved to win, but they really were not fantastic. We played below our level. ”
The defeat in Utrecht PEC Zwolle is now in thirteenth position. The Blauwvingers can quietly play the other games, as the Zwolle There is really nothing more at stake this season. The gap with the European spots is far too large and lead to a playoffs location is also four points. Because Zwolle will also almost certainly have to worry about the playoffs PEC Zwolle players can do everything to play themselves in the spotlight. In particular, the Dane Nicolai Brock-Madsen develops fine and that is striking lately. The 24-year-old striker had disappeared in the first half of the season almost off the radar, but scored the last weeks on the assembly line. The former striker of the Danish Randers FC was in six of his last eight matches accurately and came in his last three appearances each time a goal.
Brock-Madsen is incidentally after SC Heerenveen striker Reza Ghoochannejhad the most scoring player in 2017. The Dane goals the Zwolle to good use today in the AFAS Stadion, for the last time PEC Zwolle won in Alkmaar has over thirty years ago. In the last two meetings was not successful for the Blue Fingers. Last season the Zwolle were beaten 5-1 in Alkmaar and earlier this season won AZ 0-2 PEC Zwolle in the MAC3PARK Stadium.
Probable lineup PEC Zwolle
van der Hart; Poland, Marcellis, Bouy, Warmerdam; Thomas, Saymak, Holla; Mokhtar, Brock-Madsen, Many.