AZ Alkmaar vs Legia Warsaw, 2023-24 UEFA Europa Conference League, Group Stage

· UEFA Conference League
AZ Alkmaar
  • 52': Vangelis Pavlidis
  • Red Card 65': Mayckel Lahdo
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1 - 0
Legia Warsaw

    About

    AZ Alkmaar are hosting Legia Warsaw 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.
    • 1': Foul by Bartosz Slisz (Legia Warsaw).
    • 1': Myron van Brederode (AZ) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 3': Foul by Jordy Clasie (AZ).
    • 3': Pawel Wszolek (Legia Warsaw) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Foul by Yukinari Sugawara (AZ).
    • 3': Patryk Kun (Legia Warsaw) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 6': Attempt blocked. Marc Gual (Legia Warsaw) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Patryk Kun.
    • 6': Offside, Legia Warsaw. Marc Gual tries a through ball, but Tomás Pekhart is caught offside.
    • 8': Corner, Legia Warsaw. Conceded by Yukinari Sugawara.
    • 11': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Patryk Kun.
    • 15': Foul by Dani de Wit (AZ).
    • 15': Josué (Legia Warsaw) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 20': Foul by Jordy Clasie (AZ).
    • 20': Josué (Legia Warsaw) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 22': Attempt blocked. Marc Gual (Legia Warsaw) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pawel Wszolek with a cross.
    • 23': Attempt blocked. Marc Gual (Legia Warsaw) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 25': Attempt saved. David Møller Wolfe (AZ) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Myron van Brederode.
    • 25': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Kacper Tobiasz.
    • 26': Foul by Pawel Wszolek (Legia Warsaw).
    • 26': Myron van Brederode (AZ) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 28': Attempt saved. Josué (Legia Warsaw) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pawel Wszolek.
    • 28': Foul by Radovan Pankov (Legia Warsaw).
    • 28': Myron van Brederode (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Dani de Wit (AZ) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 30': Foul by Juergen Elitim (Legia Warsaw).
    • 32': Offside, AZ. Yukinari Sugawara tries a through ball, but Vangelis Pavlidis is caught offside.
    • 34': Delay in match because of an injury Dani de Wit (AZ).
    • 35': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 35': Foul by Vangelis Pavlidis (AZ).
    • 35': Yuri Ribeiro (Legia Warsaw) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 37': Attempt blocked. Artur Jedrzejczyk (Legia Warsaw) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 38': Foul by Jordy Clasie (AZ).
    • 38': Josué (Legia Warsaw) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Offside, AZ. Dani de Wit tries a through ball, but Vangelis Pavlidis is caught offside.
    • 43': Attempt missed. Vangelis Pavlidis (AZ) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
    • 45': Attempt blocked. Marc Gual (Legia Warsaw) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Juergen Elitim.
    • 45': Corner, Legia Warsaw. Conceded by Jordy Clasie.
    • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Bartosz Slisz (Legia Warsaw) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
    • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Vangelis Pavlidis (AZ) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Sven Mijnans.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, AZ 0, Legia Warsaw 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins AZ 0, Legia Warsaw 0.
    • 48': Corner, Legia Warsaw. Conceded by Alexandre Penetra.
    • 52': Goal! AZ 1, Legia Warsaw 0. Vangelis Pavlidis (AZ) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dani de Wit with a headed pass.
    • 54': Foul by Dani de Wit (AZ).
    • 54': Yuri Ribeiro (Legia Warsaw) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Hand ball by Pawel Wszolek (Legia Warsaw).
    • 56': Attempt missed. Jordy Clasie (AZ) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sven Mijnans.
    • 57': Hand ball by Yuri Ribeiro (Legia Warsaw).
    • 59': Corner, Legia Warsaw. Conceded by Dani de Wit.
    • 59': Foul by Dani de Wit (AZ).
    • 59': Patryk Kun (Legia Warsaw) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 61': Attempt blocked. Josué (Legia Warsaw) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bartosz Slisz.
    • 61': Alexandre Penetra (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Foul by Tomás Pekhart (Legia Warsaw).
    • 62': Substitution, Legia Warsaw. Ernest Muçi replaces Marc Gual.
    • 63': Offside, AZ. Myron van Brederode tries a through ball, but Dani de Wit is caught offside.
    • 64': Foul by Dani de Wit (AZ).
    • 64': Yuri Ribeiro (Legia Warsaw) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 65': Foul by Mayckel Lahdo (AZ).
    • 65': Yuri Ribeiro (Legia Warsaw) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Mayckel Lahdo (AZ) is shown the red card.
    • 66': Delay in match because of an injury Yuri Ribeiro (Legia Warsaw).
    • 67': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 70': Alexandre Penetra (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 70': Foul by Tomás Pekhart (Legia Warsaw).
    • 71': Substitution, Legia Warsaw. Gil Dias replaces Patryk Kun.
    • 72': Substitution, Legia Warsaw. Maciej Rosolek replaces Juergen Elitim.
    • 72': Substitution, Legia Warsaw. Blaz Kramer replaces Tomás Pekhart.
    • 73': Dani de Wit (AZ) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 73': Foul by Yuri Ribeiro (Legia Warsaw).
    • 73': Yuri Ribeiro (Legia Warsaw) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 74': Substitution, AZ. Denso Kasius replaces Myron van Brederode.
    • 77': Corner, Legia Warsaw. Conceded by Dani de Wit.
    • 78': Ernest Muçi (Legia Warsaw) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 78': Foul by Vangelis Pavlidis (AZ).
    • 81': Foul by Gil Dias (Legia Warsaw).
    • 81': Sven Mijnans (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 82': Substitution, AZ. Bruno Martins Indi replaces David Møller Wolfe.
    • 82': Substitution, AZ. Ibrahim Sadiq replaces Sven Mijnans.
    • 84': Foul by Denso Kasius (AZ).
    • 84': Yuri Ribeiro (Legia Warsaw) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 84': Attempt blocked. Ernest Muçi (Legia Warsaw) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Josué.
    • 85': Foul by Radovan Pankov (Legia Warsaw).
    • 85': Ibrahim Sadiq (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Corner, Legia Warsaw. Conceded by Ibrahim Sadiq.
    • 86': Attempt blocked. Gil Dias (Legia Warsaw) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 86': Blaz Kramer (Legia Warsaw) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 86': Dani de Wit (AZ).
    • 87': Attempt saved. Blaz Kramer (Legia Warsaw) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 89': Foul by Dani de Wit (AZ).
    • 89': Josué (Legia Warsaw) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 89': Alexandre Penetra (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Foul by Artur Jedrzejczyk (Legia Warsaw).
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Yuri Ribeiro (Legia Warsaw) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Josué.
    • 90'+2': Mathew Ryan (AZ) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Pawel Wszolek (Legia Warsaw).
    • 90'+4': Mathew Ryan (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, AZ 1, Legia Warsaw 0.
    • 0': Match ends, AZ 1, Legia Warsaw 0.

    Statistics

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    13 Fouls 14
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 1
    1 Offsides 3
    6 Corner Kicks 2
    1 Saves 2
    59.3 Possession 40.7
    12 SHOTS 5
    2 ON GOAL 2
    0.2 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    479 Accurate Passes 309
    567 Passes 397
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    5 Accurate Crosses 1
    29 Crosses 6
    0.2 Cross % 0.2
    64 Long Balls 78
    31 Accurate Long Balls 27
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.3
    8 Blocked Shots 0
    3 Effective Tackles 6
    8 Tackles 10
    0.4 Tackle % 0.6
    6 Interceptions 13
    10 Effective Clearances 25
    10 Clearances 25

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Conference League

    Venue: AFAS Stadion
    Location: Alkmaar, Netherlands
    Attendance: 14,239

    Line-Ups

    AZ AZ Alkmaar (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Mathew Ryan (GK) Yellow Card
    5 Alexandre Penetra
    33 Wouter Goes
    18 David Wolfe
    2 Yukinari Sugawara
    10 Dani de Wit
    8 Jordy Clasie
    16 Sven Mijnans
    9 Vangelis Pavlidis
    19 Myron van Brederode
    23 Mayckel Lahdo Red Card
    AZ Alkmaar Substitutes:
    Bruno Martins Indi, Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro, Ibrahim Sadiq, Maxim Dekker, Djordje Mihailovic, Jens Odgaard, Hobie Verhulst, Denso Kasius, Tiago Dantas, Ruben Van Bommel, Ernest Poku, Kenzo Goudmijn.

    LEGI Legia Warsaw (3-4-3)

    No. Name
    1 Kacper Tobiasz (GK)
    55 Artur Jedrzejczyk
    5 Yuri Ribeiro Yellow Card
    12 Radovan Pankov
    22 Juergen Elitim
    99 Bartosz Slisz
    33 Patryk Kun
    13 Pawel Wszolek
    7 Tomás Pekhart
    28 Marc Gual
    27 Josué Pesqueira
    Legia Warsaw Substitutes:
    Marco Burch, Ernest Muçi, Rafal Augustyniak, Steve Kapuadi, Jurgen Celhaka, Gabriel Kobylak, Blaz Kramer, Dominik Hladun, Makana Baku, Maciej RosołEk, Patryk Sokolowski, Gil Dias.

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