AZ fight back twice to draw 2-2 with SC Cambuur
AZ came back twice to draw 2-2 with SC Cambuur in Leeuwarden, earning a point despite the hosts’ second-half lead and a red card. AZ remain second after nine matches.
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SC Cambuur and AZ drew 2-2 in Leeuwarden on Sunday, with AZ rescuing a point after Cambuur had taken the lead twice. The result leaves AZ second in the table on 20 points after nine matches; Cambuur have nine points from nine games. [1]
Nicolas Binder put Cambuur ahead in the seventh minute, finishing Jason Çeka’s assist. Ro-Zangelo Daal levelled for AZ in the 26th minute, but Ilyes Hamache restored the home side’s lead before half-time, scoring via the post.
Cambuur were reduced to ten men nine minutes into the second half when defender Devid Eugene Bouah received a second yellow card for holding AZ striker Mexx Meerdink. AZ equalised in the 82nd minute from the penalty spot: Cambuur goalkeeper Thijs Janssen struck Mees de Wit in the face with a fist during an aerial challenge, and Meerdink converted. [1]
The match was Rein de Vries’s final one as Cambuur’s stadium announcer; he had held the role for 41 years. He was named man of the match. [1]
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