The Report

AZ at home, the last home game of the season. The chance (though a very small one) of a possible championship is still there and the bench is therefore in direct connection with Amsterdam.

We start well and after 15 minutes we manage to open the score. Bertalan Kun shows his skills once again and we are up 1-0. Nice. Then it takes a while before the news from Amsterdam comes in and after about half an hour it appears that the bowl will go to Amsterdam after all, where it was at that moment. We do extend the score to 2-0 and again Bertalan is the celebrated man. Just before halftime it is AZ who mercilessly punishes a small inattention in our rearguard. The halftime score is 2-1.

With an eye on the cup final next Tuesday, the coach makes a lot of changes at halftime. For once, however, this has no consequences for the remainder of this match and we energetically go in search of more goals. After just over an hour of play, it is Jaëll Hattu who takes the ball almost on the center line and starts a solo towards AZ's goal and then decides to end his journey by scoring our third goal. Brilliantly done and a goal to frame. Yet we slacken again and shortly after our third goal AZ scores their second. We have to get going again and so who else than Bertalan who takes us by the hand today and in his inimitable way also starts a solo and puts the 4-2 on the scoreboard. The points are in but the scale stays in Amsterdam.

Next Tuesday it has to happen and in Amsterdam to get the cup. The focus is completely on Tuesday at half past four and we are going for it. We know it is possible and we will do everything we can to bring a prize back to Eindhoven and what could be nicer to bring that prize back from Amsterdam.

Lineup: Van de Meulenhof, Teze, Soulas, Obispo (46th Hattu), Bannani, Sadilek (46th Fernandes), Daneels, Kun (77th Sidibe), Piroe (46th Konings), Lonwijk (46th Wallenberg), Gakpo.