Gertjan Verbeek’s men hammered the hosts, as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maarten-Martens-c22997’ goals secured all three points.
On match-day 20, AZ Alkmaar hammered http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/ADO-Den-Haag-c38221 6-0 at Kyocera Stadion on Wednesday, February 8. The match was due to take place on Saturday, February 4, but frozen pitch and extreme weather conditions forced Dutch Football Association (KNVB) to postpone the clash.
The Alkmaar outfit commenced proceedings away from home brightly, and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Simon-Poulsen-c33562 came close to breaking the deadlock early in the match. However, his effort went inches wide of the target.
AZ controlled the game with their midfield exhibiting impressive play on the pitch. However, they failed to create any goal scoring chances of note until the half-hour mark.
In the 33rd minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brett-Holman-c8047’s cross from the left found Charlison Benschop in the box, and he made no mistake in hitting the back of the net.
Moments later, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rasmus-Elm-c30628’s free kick in the box impressively. But the Australian ace’s powered effort went sailing over the bar, much to the dismay of the visitors’ boss, Gertjan Verbeek.
At the half-time interval, the Alkmaar outfit were in full control, leading the match 1-0. Two minutes into the second-half, Benschop doubled his side’s advantage with a brilliant finish.
ADO briefly threatened the visiting side when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Esteban-Alvarado-c12908, tipped away his effort with ease.
In the 69th minute, Benschop completed his hat-trick after receiving an impressive through ball from Elm to make the score-line 3-0.
Four minutes later, Johan Berg Gudmundsson’s through ball pierced the home side’s defence and Maarten Martens neatly chipped the ball over the ADO goalkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gino-Coutinho-c14919, into the back of the net.
The home side tried to crawl their way back into the match and started to play aggressively, but they failed to dominate the visitors and instead, conceded further goals.
In the 85th minute, Jozy Altidore made it 5-0 when he netted the ball after receiving Holman’s neat pass in the box. Two minutes later, the American ace scored his second of the evening to seal the game 6-0 in favour of the Alkmaar outfit.
All three points moved AZ into the second spot in the league table, three points ahead of the third placed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 Eindhoven. ADO remain unmoved at the 14th place following the loss, eight points clear of the relegation zone.
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