AZ Alkmaar clinch Dutch Super Cup with 4-0 win over PSV Eindhoven
AZ Alkmaar lifted the Dutch Super Cup after defeating PSV Eindhoven 4-0 in the season opener between last year’s league and cup champions.
Key Takeaways
AIAZ Alkmaar claimed the Dutch Super Cup after a commanding 4-0 victory over PSV Eindhoven in the season-opening match between last season’s league and cup winners.
Meerdink opened the scoring with a header in the 25th minute, before Wesley Patati, Ilja Dijkstra, and Ro-Zangelo Dal added three more goals within 15 minutes in the second half.
PSV’s Joey Veerman was sent off just nine minutes into the match for striking Meerdink of AZ Alkmaar in the face, putting the league champions under early pressure and giving Alkmaar an advantage they quickly capitalized on.
Alkmaar, last season’s Dutch Cup winners, secured the Super Cup title for the first time since 2010.
PSV had won four of the previous five editions of the competition, which marks the start of the Dutch football season.