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After Heerenveen-home there is another match for Gertjan Verbeek with AZ-out against a former employer. The Twente coach thoroughly analyzed the Alkmaarders at FOX Sports last Sunday and hopes that his players will perform better than last weekend against Heerenveen.
AZ Alkmaar :
Together with Ajax, AZ managed in the past few weeks to remain somewhat close to PSV. The Alkmaarders collected 25 points from the first twelve matches and are especially in shape in the last few months. AZ won the last four league matches and the Alkmaarders also won the next round of the cup by winning 0-4 against Almere City. John van den Brom’s team is allowed to play round 13 on Friday-evening in their own AFAS Stadium and the Alkmaarders were allowed to close Game Round 12 last weekend in Limburg against Roda JC. The game in Kerkrade seemed to be heading for a scoreless draw, but a long shot from the Alkmaarders was badly handled by Roda goalkeeper Hidde Jurjus and as a result Mats Seuntjes scored the only goal of the game in the 84th minute.
Besides Roda-out there are two matches with FC Twente-home and VVV-out on the program for AZ with perspective and the Alkmaarders will want to stay close to Ajax for as long as possible. In addition, Van den Brom might secretly hope that the Alkmaarders can make a throw this season to third place, since Feyenoord week in week out of points lie in the Eredivisie. The Alkmaarders already have six points ahead of the Rotterdammers and because PEC Zwolle lost PSV last weekend in the injury time, the gap on the Zwollenaren is also three points in favor of the Alkmaarders.
Of course it remains good that Van den Brom is able to perform well with AZ this season. Of course the AZ coach has access to players like Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Wout Weghorst, who both showed already last season the level of a sub topper from the Eredivisie to be able to handle. But players like Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Thomas Ouwejan and Teun Koopmeiners played with Jong AZ in the Second Division last season or were allowed to occasionally attack the first. In addition, the 24-year-old Fredrik Midtsjø did not transfer to Alkmaar until the end of the transfer period and the Norwegian has shown to be a good substitute for the injured Marko Vejinović. Of course it remains to be seen whether Van den Brom’s team is not as dipping as Heerenveen has had, but until now the Alkmaarders alone at home against Feyenoord (0-4 loss) are really eliminated in the Eredivisie and that is surely handsome for such a young team.
Twente :
For the time being, Gertjan Verbeek did not get it on the ride at FC Twente. In his first match as head coach of the Tukkers, out against PSV, FC Twente went down 4-3, but the fourth goal – also an own goal – only fell into the injury time. The Enschedeans did not play badly in the Philips Stadium three weeks ago and so the FC Twente supporters hoped that there would be something to be gained last weekend against SC Heerenveen, which, like the Tukkers, was in crisis. That turned out to be a vain hope, because the Tukkers were played away by the visitors from Friesland: 0-4. So the Enschedeans lost 0-4 to SC Heerenveen and Verbeek has not yet succeeded in ensuring the turnaround at FC Twente. “That is not possible yet, two or three weeks,” Verbeek told the question whether the hand of the Twente coach is already visible in Enschede.
The criticism of Verbeek was the last days that he took Sunday afternoon to analyze PSV – PEC Zwolle and Roda – AZ and to show where the points for improvement for these teams are, while Verbeek lost less than 24 hours earlier with 0-4. from SC Heerenveen. On the one hand, this criticism is justified, because Verbeek can also put that time into improving his selection. Yet they knew at FC Twente what they would get in with Verbeek and there is also just negotiated about his TV work, in addition, a Twente coach today does not deserve a vetpot and it is perhaps – from a financial point of view – also logical that Verbeek so still remain active as an analyst.
Nonetheless, Verbeek will have to perform on Friday evening in Alkmaar. The program also does not speak in favor of the Twente coach, because with PSV-out, Heerenveen-home, AZ-out and Ajax-home, it would not be surprising if Verbeek could not get any points out of his first four matches as head coach of the Enschede team. It would be nice for the Tukkers if they have the defense in order Friday night in Alkmaar, because FC Twente won eleven goals in the last three league matches (Excelsior-home 1-3, PSV-out 4-3, Heerenveen-home 0-4) and it will be very difficult for the FC Twente players to make at least four goals every game. Verbeek still can not have Danny Holla and Haris Vuckic on Friday-evening, but it is expected that Hidde Ter Avest will start again at PSV instead of Jeroen van der Lely.
AZ Alkmaar vs Twente head to head matches
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