AZ accepts second place | Football

sport">The club announced this on Monday around the draw, where it was linked to the Czech Viktoria Plzen.

sport">“The draw for the preliminary rounds of the UEFA Champions League has given AZ an answer to the repeatedly asked question to review the distribution of the tickets, as decided by the KNVB. Now that there is an answer via this indirect route, the club will nevertheless accept this and will not start any possible follow-up proceedings at the CAS ”, the Alkmaarders said.

sport">“The interests of AZ have always come first,” said general manager Robert Eenhoorn. “That is why it was decided at the time to ask UEFA to take a closer look at the decision of the KNVB. Now that the draw is over, we finally have an answer to our question. We accept this for now, we set our sights on the future. And especially in the preliminary rounds for the Champions League, the approaching competition and the construction of the new stadium roof. ”

sport">The club of trainer Arne Slot unsuccessfully protested to UEFA that it is already entering the tournament in the second qualifying round. Ajax was in the lead of the Eredivisie when the KNVB decided to permanently stop the season due to the outbreak of the new corona virus. The team from Amsterdam had just as many points as AZ, only the goal difference was better. However, AZ had won both meetings with Ajax and, on the basis of that better mutual result, believed that it was entitled to a later entry into the Champions League.

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