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But failed to beat a former European champion in Forest?
And Villa.
Did we beat them at home though?
That’s not the only former European Champion we failed to beat at home… unfortunately.
Need to set up a friendly after season close and Merk the Serie A winner too.
We could play Inter in the European cup. Less chance of playing Brugge to get the Belgians too.
Oh yes. That would be sweet.
We've been poor quite a number of times this season, not every side we face in the Prem have the quality PSG do - yes they play in a shit league but to be unbeaten in March is still somewhat commendable . They have pace, power and energy in just about all areas of the pitch.
We struggle immensely trying to play out our own half under pressure, we don't have that type of player in our midfield or forward like that can wriggle away from challenges and come away with the ball.
Gravy wants a word with you.
He does it without even touching the ball, I'm talking more when the player is already in possession and we're pinned in collectively in our own half......hence why it was never on display yesterday.
That's a stat about injuries and having five substitutions, not about two different managers.
It is five years to the day (March 7 2020) that AZ’s season was effectively ended by Covid-19 after Arne Slot’s in-form team had beaten ADO Den Haag to draw level on points with Ajax, the team they had beaten the week before, at the top of the Dutch Eredivisie.
Six weeks later, the Eredivisie became the first major football European league to cancel its season in response to the crisis. For the first time ever, there would be no Dutch champions and for those connected to AZ, it left an “open wound” that has still not healed.
AZ had the look of champions-in-waiting, Slot having instilled such fearlessness and aggression in their football that their belief was growing with every passing week.
What made this fairytale even more incredible was that Slot, in his first season as a top-flight coach, was outsmarting his rivals with a team largely made up of academy graduates.
“His tactics were unbelievable,” says Myron Boadu, who was AZ's top goalscorer. “Everything we talked about during the week would happen in the game.”
“We never know what would have happened had the season not ended like it did,” AZ supporter Brian Wijker says. “But the thought of what could have been with a generational group of talent hurts us every day.”
Six weeks later, the Eredivisie became the first major football European league to cancel its season in response to the crisis. For the first time ever, there would be no Dutch champions and for those connected to AZ, it left an “open wound” that has still not healed.
AZ had the look of champions-in-waiting, Slot having instilled such fearlessness and aggression in their football that their belief was growing with every passing week.
What made this fairytale even more incredible was that Slot, in his first season as a top-flight coach, was outsmarting his rivals with a team largely made up of academy graduates.
“His tactics were unbelievable,” says Myron Boadu, who was AZ's top goalscorer. “Everything we talked about during the week would happen in the game.”
“We never know what would have happened had the season not ended like it did,” AZ supporter Brian Wijker says. “But the thought of what could have been with a generational group of talent hurts us every day.”
I'm sorry for them an' all, but that sounds uncomfortably like the blueslime and their endless "what if" about the mid-80s when (in their little dreams anyway) they were set to dominate Europe until the Heysel ban ruined everything.
It could easily have been us tbf. The idea of us being robbed of our first title in 30 years was openly discussed. I'd have been complaining about it to this day if they'd done that.
Little bit different when you're level on points at the business end of the season than saying you're going to become European champions over a period of several years.
