AZ Alkmaar vs Apollon Limassol, 2022-23 UEFA Europa Conference League, Group Stage

· UEFA Conference League
AZ Alkmaar
  • 16': Jens Odgaard
  • 62': Dani de Wit (P)
  • 85': Jesper Karlsson
FT
3 - 2
Apollon Limassol
  • 19': Patrick Joosten
  • 71': Euclides Da Silva Cabral

About

AZ Alkmaar are hosting Apollon Limassol at AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar, Netherlands, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Conference League.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Offside, Apollon Limassol. Euclides Cabral tries a through ball, but Patrick Joosten is caught offside.
  • 2': Offside, Apollon Limassol. Ioannis Pittas tries a through ball, but Patrick Joosten is caught offside.
  • 3': Foul by Patrick Joosten (Apollon Limassol).
  • 3': Milos Kerkez (AZ) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 3': Offside, AZ. Sam Beukema tries a through ball, but Jens Odgaard is caught offside.
  • 4': Charalambos Kyriakou (Apollon Limassol) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 4': Foul by Pantelis Hatzidiakos (AZ).
  • 5': Attempt missed. Vukasin Jovanovic (Apollon Limassol) header from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Charalambos Kyriakou following a set piece situation.
  • 7': Foul by Tijjani Reijnders (AZ).
  • 7': Ioannis Pittas (Apollon Limassol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Charalambos Kyriakou (Apollon Limassol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Foul by Dani de Wit (AZ).
  • 13': Attempt missed. Jens Odgaard (AZ) header from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Myron van Brederode.
  • 14': Attempt blocked. Tijjani Reijnders (AZ) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pantelis Hatzidiakos.
  • 16': Goal! AZ 1, Apollon Limassol 0. Jens Odgaard (AZ) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Pantelis Hatzidiakos.
  • 19': Goal! AZ 1, Apollon Limassol 1. Patrick Joosten (Apollon Limassol) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ioannis Pittas.
  • 21': Amine Khammas (Apollon Limassol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Foul by Jens Odgaard (AZ).
  • 23': Attempt blocked. Tijjani Reijnders (AZ) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Myron van Brederode.
  • 25': Corner, Apollon Limassol. Conceded by Sam Beukema.
  • 26': Attempt blocked. Ioannis Pittas (Apollon Limassol) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Charalambos Kyriakou with a cross.
  • 27': Attempt blocked. Ioannis Pittas (Apollon Limassol) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Charalambos Kyriakou with a through ball.
  • 27': Corner, Apollon Limassol. Conceded by Maxim Dekker.
  • 29': Attempt blocked. Ezekiel Henty (Apollon Limassol) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Charalambos Kyriakou.
  • 29': Attempt blocked. Ido Shahar (Apollon Limassol) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ezekiel Henty.
  • 29': Attempt missed. Charalambos Kyriakou (Apollon Limassol) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Jens Odgaard (AZ) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Myron van Brederode.
  • 36': Attempt missed. Dani de Wit (AZ) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Milos Kerkez with a cross.
  • 40': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Charalambos Kyriakou.
  • 41': Attempt blocked. Jordy Clasie (AZ) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 43': Delay in match because of an injury Panagiotis Artymatas (Apollon Limassol).
  • 43': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 43': Ezekiel Henty (Apollon Limassol) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 43': Foul by Pantelis Hatzidiakos (AZ).
  • 44': Corner, Apollon Limassol. Conceded by Maxim Dekker.
  • 45': Corner, Apollon Limassol. Conceded by Milos Kerkez.
  • 45': Attempt saved. Panagiotis Artymatas (Apollon Limassol) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Patrick Joosten with a cross.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, AZ 1, Apollon Limassol 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins AZ 1, Apollon Limassol 1.
  • 47': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Vukasin Jovanovic.
  • 47': Attempt blocked. Jordy Clasie (AZ) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 48': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Ido Shahar.
  • 48': Attempt saved. Jordy Clasie (AZ) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
  • 50': Foul by Patrick Joosten (Apollon Limassol).
  • 50': Milos Kerkez (AZ) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 51': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Danilo Spoljaric.
  • 52': Foul by Myron van Brederode (AZ).
  • 52': Vukasin Jovanovic (Apollon Limassol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Amine Khammas.
  • 55': Attempt blocked. Patrick Joosten (Apollon Limassol) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ezekiel Henty.
  • 55': Attempt blocked. Patrick Joosten (Apollon Limassol) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 59': Foul by Tijjani Reijnders (AZ).
  • 59': Ido Shahar (Apollon Limassol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 60': Penalty AZ. Dani de Wit draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 60': Penalty conceded by Vukasin Jovanovic (Apollon Limassol) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 62': Goal! AZ 2, Apollon Limassol 1. Dani de Wit (AZ) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 63': Substitution, AZ. Mayckel Lahdo replaces Pantelis Hatzidiakos.
  • 63': Substitution, AZ. Zinho Vanheusden replaces Maxim Dekker.
  • 64': Substitution, AZ. Jesper Karlsson replaces Myron van Brederode.
  • 64': Substitution, Apollon Limassol. Bassel Jradi replaces Danilo Spoljaric.
  • 64': Substitution, Apollon Limassol. Vá replaces Patrick Joosten.
  • 64': Substitution, Apollon Limassol. Israel Coll replaces Ido Shahar.
  • 66': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Panagiotis Artymatas.
  • 67': Foul by Euclides Cabral (Apollon Limassol).
  • 67': Jesper Karlsson (AZ) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 67': Euclides Cabral (Apollon Limassol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 69': Ezekiel Henty (Apollon Limassol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 69': Foul by Jordy Clasie (AZ).
  • 71': Goal! AZ 2, Apollon Limassol 2. Euclides Cabral (Apollon Limassol) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Vá.
  • 72': Attempt missed. Milos Kerkez (AZ) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sam Beukema with a through ball.
  • 73': Delay in match because of an injury Panagiotis Artymatas (Apollon Limassol).
  • 74': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 76': Delay in match (AZ).
  • 76': Substitution, Apollon Limassol. Nicolas Diguiny replaces Panagiotis Artymatas because of an injury.
  • 76': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 78': Corner, Apollon Limassol. Conceded by Yukinari Sugawara.
  • 81': Substitution, AZ. Riechedly Bazoer replaces Dani de Wit.
  • 81': Attempt blocked. Riechedly Bazoer (AZ) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jesper Karlsson.
  • 82': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Vá.
  • 83': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Vá.
  • 83': Hand ball by Vá (Apollon Limassol).
  • 84': Attempt saved. Jesper Karlsson (AZ) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 84': Offside, Apollon Limassol. Amine Khammas tries a through ball, but Ezekiel Henty is caught offside.
  • 85': Substitution, Apollon Limassol. Bagaliy Dabo replaces Ezekiel Henty.
  • 85': Goal! AZ 3, Apollon Limassol 2. Jesper Karlsson (AZ) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Milos Kerkez with a cross.
  • 88': Foul by Vá (Apollon Limassol).
  • 88': Jesper Karlsson (AZ) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 88': Vá (Apollon Limassol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 89': Attempt saved. Jens Odgaard (AZ) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Zinho Vanheusden.
  • 90': Bagaliy Dabo (Apollon Limassol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Riechedly Bazoer (AZ).
  • 90'+2': Israel Coll (Apollon Limassol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Jens Odgaard (AZ) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, AZ 3, Apollon Limassol 2.
  • 0': Match ends, AZ 3, Apollon Limassol 2.

Statistics

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6 Fouls 9
3 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 1
5 Corner Kicks 8
3 Saves 1
41.5 Possession 58.5
11 SHOTS 16
3 ON GOAL 6
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
306 Accurate Passes 477
384 Passes 546
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
5 Accurate Crosses 3
12 Crosses 19
0.4 Cross % 0.2
65 Long Balls 43
29 Accurate Long Balls 23
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
6 Blocked Shots 6
5 Effective Tackles 13
7 Tackles 17
0.7 Tackle % 0.8
8 Interceptions 9
19 Effective Clearances 16
19 Clearances 16

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Conference League

Venue: AFAS Stadion
Location: Alkmaar, Netherlands
Attendance: 10,016

Line-Ups

AZ AZ Alkmaar (4-3-3)

No. Name
12 Hobie Verhulst (GK)
22 Maxim Dekker
31 Sam Beukema
5 Milos Kerkez
3 Pantelis Hatzidiakos
10 Dani de Wit
8 Jordy Clasie
6 Tijjani Reijnders
7 Jens Odgaard
19 Myron van Brederode
2 Yukinari Sugawara
AZ Alkmaar Substitutes:
Yusuf Barasi, Sem Westerveld, Zico Buurmeester, Mees De Wit, Fedde de Jong, Jesper Karlsson, Riechedly Bazoer, Peer Koopmeiners, Zinho Vanheusden, Mayckel Lahdo, Peter Vindahl Jensen.

APL Apollon Limassol (4-4-2)

No. Name
26 Aleksandar Jovanovic (GK)
4 Vukasin Jovanovic
6 Panagiotis Artymatas
24 Amine Khammas
19 Euclides Da Silva Cabral Yellow Card
25 Charis Kyriakou
20 Danilo Spoljaric
36 Ido Shahar
65 Patrick Joosten
90 Ezekiel Henty
9 Ioannis Pittas
Apollon Limassol Substitutes:
Vá, Israel Coll, Bagaliy Dabo, Nicolas Diguiny, Dimitris Dimitriou, Bassel Jradi, George Loizou.

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