REPUBLIC OF IRELAND striker Troy Parrott scored twice as AZ Alkmaar eased to a 3-0 home victory over FC Vaduz of Liechtenstein in the first leg of their Uefa Conference League third-round qualifier.
Dubliner Parrott opened the scoring for the Dutch side just shy of the half-hour mark, tapping in Denso Kasius’ low cross from the right. He was unlucky not to make it 2-0 soon afterwards when he had an effort cleared off the line.
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The 23-year-old did eventually double AZ’s lead, however, in the 74th minute, beating the offside trap and capping a flowing team move with an excellent strike. Having curved his run and collected Sven Mijnans’ pass, Parrott drove towards goal and blasted the ball past Leon Schaffran at his near post from a tight angle on the right-hand side of the box.
Parrott nets his second. Alamy Stock Photo
Alamy Stock Photo
Parrott, who scored 20 goals and laid on five assists for AZ in all competitions last season, already has five goals and an assist to start this season having made a potent start to their European qualification campaign.
Parrott started last night’s game in the lone striker role, with young Dutch number nine Mexx Meerdink replacing him in the 76th minute and getting on the scoresheet himself four minutes later, his gorgeous control and dinked finish crowning a 3-0 first-leg victory for AZ.
Maarten Martens’ AZ begin their Eredivisie campaign at home to Groningen this Sunday at 1:30pm Irish time.
Correction: A previous version of this article described FC Vaduz as ‘Swiss’. FC Vaduz are from Liechtenstein but play in the Swiss Challenge League.
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Troy Parrott scores twice in AZ Alkmaar's Conference League victory
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND striker Troy Parrott scored twice as AZ Alkmaar eased to a 3-0 home victory over FC Vaduz of Liechtenstein in the first leg of their Uefa Conference League third-round qualifier.
Dubliner Parrott opened the scoring for the Dutch side just shy of the half-hour mark, tapping in Denso Kasius’ low cross from the right. He was unlucky not to make it 2-0 soon afterwards when he had an effort cleared off the line.
The 23-year-old did eventually double AZ’s lead, however, in the 74th minute, beating the offside trap and capping a flowing team move with an excellent strike. Having curved his run and collected Sven Mijnans’ pass, Parrott drove towards goal and blasted the ball past Leon Schaffran at his near post from a tight angle on the right-hand side of the box.
Parrott, who scored 20 goals and laid on five assists for AZ in all competitions last season, already has five goals and an assist to start this season having made a potent start to their European qualification campaign.
Parrott started last night’s game in the lone striker role, with young Dutch number nine Mexx Meerdink replacing him in the 76th minute and getting on the scoresheet himself four minutes later, his gorgeous control and dinked finish crowning a 3-0 first-leg victory for AZ.
Maarten Martens’ AZ begin their Eredivisie campaign at home to Groningen this Sunday at 1:30pm Irish time.
Correction: A previous version of this article described FC Vaduz as ‘Swiss’. FC Vaduz are from Liechtenstein but play in the Swiss Challenge League.
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