Az Alkmaar-Juventus 1-2 LIVE REPORT in the match valid for the fourth day of the Europa League championship phase
THE RANKING
RESULTS
THE GOAL SEQUENCE
In the 88th minute ALKMAAR-Juventus 2-1! Meerdink Network! Oukfir steals the ball on the right from Kelly, slots it in for Dijkstra who from the back places it in the center for Meerdink, for whom it's child's play to score from zero metres!
At 37' Alkmaar-JUVENTUS 0-2! Kolo Muani Network! Frantic pressing from the Frenchman who recovers the ball forward and serves Woltemade. The German returns it to his teammate who hits De Busser with his left foot!
At 19' Alkmaar-JUVENTUS 0-1! Koopmeiners Network! Just him, the ex's goal! Great action by Kolo Muani who clearly leaps past an opponent on the right and accelerates, on the short side of the area he serves a chocolate to Koopmeiners who first of all puts the ball with his left foot into the bottom corner!
THE MATCH
(by Emanuele Pastorella)
After the 2-0 at Napoli, the 1-2 at Alkmaar: Juventus achieved their second consecutive victory between the championship and the Europa League. The Juventus Koopmeiners won the derby with his brother Peer scoring the goal that opened the match, Kolo Muani secured the victory already in the first half but in the final, Spalletti's boys risked too much. Meerdink reopens it in the 88th minute, Az also finds the equalizer in injury time but is disallowed for offside: Juve rises to 10 and can celebrate, the coach will have to work on the dizzying decline in the final.
Spalletti had announced the trident and presents himself with Kolo Muani and Alajbegovic with Woltemade as central attacker, Sarr is back in midfield and Bremer rests in defense with Gatti who becomes the captain of the evening in the department completed by Lucumì and Kelly. In midfield there is the most awaited man, Koopmeiners, who faces his brother Peer as an ex. "Two brothers, one love" is the banner dedicated to the two players from the Az curve, who in recent weeks are completing a children's book in which they tell their story. In Alkmaar they find themselves as opponents, it takes the black and white less than 20 minutes to become decisive: Kolo Muani finds himself very well wide on the right and breaks through, his serve in the area finds Teun who beats De Busser with his left foot. The celebration is contained, as he had anticipated on the eve of the match, while Spalletti asks his team to continue and keep their attention high. Juve are still dangerous with a powerful right-footed shot from Aljabegovic that grazes the crossbar, then begins to lower and suffers for about ten minutes: a free kick from Byskov from an excellent position is blocked by the barrier, Kwakman has two good chances but in both cases he fails to sting.
So, in Az's best moment, the Bianconeri hit on the Woltemade-Kolo Muani axis, with the German serving the Frenchman who did well to double the lead with his left foot. Spalletti doesn't change anything for the start of the second half, his team has three potential opportunities to definitively close the score but they lose at the best moment. The substitutions arrive on the hour mark, the Dijkstra-Clasia-Smit trio works better than the Cabal-Boga tandem, yet Echteld's boys are unable to engage Vicario despite significantly raising their center of gravity and the newly introduced Smit kicks a moving penalty on the corner. For the final stages, Spalletti relies on Bremer's centimeters to repel the attacks and grants the debut to Ekhator, it is the Brazilian defender who opposes Oufkir's dangerous shot.
The Dutch continue to push, Kelly and Cabal mess up the left-handed out and Meerdink scores the goal of hope with two to go. De Wit's 2-2 also comes in the first of the four added time but it is disallowed for offside, Juve continues to live in apnea until the final whistle. The 10 points in four matches allow them to remain in line with the top eight to go directly to the direct elimination phase. On Sunday in Florence other answers will be needed to confirm that the crisis is over.
