UEFA Europa Conference League - Alkmaar, Legia and Zrinjski

[rjp]

It's a difficult place to get to and is on the lead up to Christmas which might just save me.  I will be on it asap but I think I'll be lucky if I manage to get one.  Really hoping I do.  The last 2 were a lot of fun.

[Lastfootstamper]

What result do we want in the other game tonight? Would a draw give us some leeway?

[Lastfootstamper]

Legia one up

[AV84]

I think Zrinjski winning, and us winning, would put us on 9, and them on 6 along with Legia, which is the most breathing room we'd get. But give we'd still have to play them both again, I'm not sure it's necessarily a good result.

[Somniloquism]

A win tonight for both of us should mean we qualify pretty much with one more point for definitive. Then it is just the fight for first and second.

[TaxDodger]

So if we beat Legia with a better result than 3-2 we've definitely won the group and are into the last 16 thus avoiding the play off round? Do 1-0 and 2-1 count as better results than 3-2 because of away goals?

[Somniloquism]

So if we beat Legia with a better result than 3-2 we've definitely won the group and are into the last 16 thus avoiding the play off round? Do 1-0 and 2-1 count as better results than 3-2 because of away goals?

It then goes on goals scored so we need to either win 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, or score 4 and win so it doesn't matter on their score.

[ADVILLAFAN]

AZ can't catch us. Zrinjski can only catch us if they win both and we lose both.

Kinda hoping we can beat Legia and rest players at Zrinjski.

[rob_bridge]

AZ can't catch us. Zrinjski can only catch us if they win both and we lose both.

Kinda hoping we can beat Legia and rest players at Zrinjski.

DefI best outcome.

[Ads]

If we put a score on Legia (I.e. beat them by 2 clear goals) then we've won the group haven't we?

[JD]

If we put a score on Legia (I.e. beat them by 2 clear goals) then we've won the group haven't we?

I think so.

[AV82EC]

If we put a score on Legia (I.e. beat them by 2 clear goals) then we've won the group haven't we?

I think so.

Yep because if we lost to Zrinjski in the last game and they beat AZ we’d both be on 12 points but we’d have the better record in the head to head. It’s all on this Legia game. FTF.

[Villan82]

We have had a few wobbles on this campaign but we seem to have adjusted pretty well to being back in European football. Whatever happens  from here onnwe will have learned an awful lot from this - really 2009 is the last time we have had a proper European campaign to manage.

[olaftab]

Does anyone know if Zrinjski and AZ fans had to follow the same protocol as we did for away games such a specific ticket pick up points, dedicated transport and kettling etc back to town?

[PeterWithe]

It looked like the AZ fans were taken out of the ground, down Manor Rd to Witton station and put on a train to NS whether they wanted to go there or not.