AZ out to play spoiler
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05/01/2009 -
Enschede, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - AZ Alkmaar's victory lap continues on
Sunday when the club travels to Arke Stadion to meet second-placed Twente,
which is in a heated battle for second place.
AZ clinched the Eredivisie title two weeks ago, and despite having no real
incentive last week against third-placed Ajax, still held the Amsterdam side
to a 1-1 draw.
Now, AZ will try to spoil Twente's hopes of finishing in second place and
putting themselves into the qualifying round of the Champions League next
season.
Twente enters the match having lost 1-0 to Feyenoord two weeks ago and then
playing to a 1-1 draw with Heerenveen last time out.
But despite the club's recent struggles, manager Steve McClaren believes that
his team is capable of taking all three points against the champions and that
all of their hard work to this point will not go unrewarded.
"Back in August, if I said that Twente, at this stage of the season, would
compete for awards, you would have said I was mad," McClaren said. "The team
has gradually grown over the season and it is because of hard work that we are
in this position."
"We know what we should do on Sunday and that is win," the manager said. "The
game against Ajax showed that AZ are very good and that they can win. In this
game, there will be many eyes on AZ, who would like to show that they are the
best."
Ajax faces a less daunting task when they visit 14th-placed Sparta, who still
is not safe from the bottom three.
Sparta is three points above 16th-placed Volendam, but they are running into a
motivated Ajax team that needs three points to keep its Champions League hopes
on track.
Marco Van Basten's side has also stumbled in the past two weeks, losing 6-2 to
PSV Eindhoven two weeks ago before finishing 1-1 with AZ, prompting the
manager to vent a bit of frustration after last week's draw.
"Last week we waisted a chance to overtake Twente and basically we did that
again," Van Basten said. "Thankfully we still have control over what's going
to happen."
The reason why Ajax still controls its own destiny is that Twente will visit
Amsterdam Arena next week on the final day of the season, and as long as Ajax
remains within touching distance, they will have a chance to clinch second
place on home soil.
PSV hosts NEC with an eye towards wrapping up a top-four spot, while fifth-
placed Heerenveen, which is two points back of PSV, entertains Den Haag.
Groningen has already secured a spot in the top eight, giving them a chance to
pick up a European spot, and they will meet Volendam, while Feyenoord travels
to Utrecht in a match that will go a long way towards determining who joins
Groningen.
The relegation battle is still ongoing with Roda just one point from safety
and hosting Willem II, while last-placed Graafschap travels to NAC just two
points from safety and Heracles, which is three clear of the bottom three,
visits Vitesse.
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