17 Mar 2013: AZ - Ajax

[Kowalczyk]

Eredivisie 2012-2013. Matchday 27.

Eight more to go...

Kick-off time in Alkmaar is 14:30 CET.

This is a tricky one for several reasons:

1. AZ are a bit too low on the table, they're still a good side.
2. They hate us.
3. They automatically qualify for the Europa League if PSV win the title.

If we think this will be a walk in the park, we lose. Sure thing.

Saturday night: PSV vs RKC Waalwijk and ADO Den Haag vs Vitesse.
Sunday afternoon (also at 14:30): Feyenoord vs Utrecht.

I don't expect any of the others to make mistakes.

K.

[SPL]

Cuenca is still missing but reports today his knee is almost better and he should be back for NEC which will be the next match.

For this game Dijks is still not fit and Veltman also has a minor injury so Denswil stays and Ligeon comes in .

[SPL]

same line up that started v Zwolle This is a must win game as PSV and Vitesse both won last night.

[souras84]

any stream available?? seems that 13th is showing them cockroaches

[Orange14]

This is going to be a difficult one!

[Tom_]

No wingers again, eh?

[rjf1]

There is sopcast stream a Russian at: sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/140605

[Tom_]

It looks like most people are moving away from SopCast since the frequency of streams getting shut down has increased. I've watched a couple of games on AceStream (AKA TorrentStream) in the last few weeks, and there's a stream listed for AZ-Ajax.

[souras84]

Why wasn't that a yellow???

[Tom_]

AZ is playing a pretty simple game: leave Altidore forward, play long balls and let him challenge our centre halves physically.He's not getting anywhere so far but all it takes is one of his fouls to be let go and we could find ourselves 1–0 down...

[Tom_]

Wow, what a pass from Alderweireld

[Orange14]

What a nice move by our captain!!! 0-1

[rjf1]

I hate it when we get those early chances and just miss -- makes we afraid that we will be snakebit. Keep hoping that we get one early.

[rjf1]

Ha! no sooner said than done!!!!

[Tom_]

Blind, with the right foot no less!!!

[Orange14]

Wow, Daley Blind on the scoreboard!!!

[SPL]

2 great goals

[souras84]

Sigthorson drawing the defence, Siem getting into space and it's that simple...

That's what I expect from Siem. That's what he's good at (Orange 14, I agree with you that he is a good player. when he plays in the right position)

[Amol]

Wow. Just as I was typing about De Jong's goal, Blind strikes a beauty with his 'wrong' foot.

2-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[souras84]

The same also goes for me too!!

P.S. Who's that woman next to LvG???

[Tom_]

Sometimes I just can't understand referees. He sees Altidore deliberately trip Poulsen and just gives him a talking to, even though it's his third or fourth foul of the match. van Rhijn gets a yellow for a late tackle, even though it's his first foul.

[souras84]

OMG

Vermeer!!!!

[rjf1]

Why Blind didn't let that ball go out is beyond me -- thank goodness for Vermeer's reflexes.

[Orange14]

Some poor defending in the final 10 minutes of the half but still keeping a clean sheet. There were two or three chances that we should have done better on. Two nicely taken chances and we now need to buckle down and keep the focus on defending properly (and this means you Mr. van Rhijn!!!). I suspect that there is another goal or two in this match yet.

[Orange14]

Sometimes I just can't understand referees. He sees Altidore deliberately trip Poulsen and just gives him a talking to, even though it's his third or fourth foul of the match. van Rhijn gets a yellow for a late tackle, even though it's his first foul.

van Rhijn had his studs up with a straight leg; that's the kind of challenge that breaks a leg. I don't dispute the Yellow but do agree that Altidore warranted one also.