Sports · EredivisieAZ Alkmaar Groningen comeback: Chávez equalizes in 4–3 winWritten November 9, 2026 at 9:22 AM UTCWatchTranscript0:07AZ Alkmar overturned a two goal deficit and beat Groningen with a stoppage time0:11penalty.0:12The four three victory ended AZ's four match league winless run and delivered all0:17three points.0:17Whether AZ should have received the decisive penalty is still disputed.0:21Groningen led three, one after fifty, four minutes at AFAS Stadion in Alkmar.0:26The November eighth match was in round twelve of the Eridivisi, the Dutch top0:30division.0:30AZ would have to score three unanswered goals to turn that deficit into victory.0:34Andrika opened the scoring in the second minute.0:36Myrdenk equalized in the ninth, and the teams reached half-time level.0:40Willemsen restored Groningen's lead in the47 minute.0:43Van Bergen made it three high, one in the fifty, four, putting AZ two goals behind.0:48Ofkeer started AZ's recovery in the sixty, one minute.0:51His goal cut Groningen's lead to three, two.0:54Fifteen minutes later, Mateo Che Ves joined the attack and removed the visitor's0:58remaining advantage.0:59Sives finished left, footed inside Groningen's penalty area.1:03The Mexican defender had helped build the collective move before attacking an inside1:07channel.1:07His goal brought AZ level, and Myrdinck would supply the winning finish from the1:11penalty spot.1:12Aze kept attacking after drawing level.1:14A Esh Aze's equalizer had kept a home victory within reach, but Groningen were still1:19holding a point as the match approached stoppage time.1:21Ofkayer's sixty, one minute goal and Chi H.1:24Vez's seventy-six minute equalizer set up the turnaround.1:27Myrdinck converted the penalty in the ninety one minute.1:30The first minute of second half stoppage time, AZ took the lead for the first time1:35with the match's final goal.1:36Myrdinck finished with two goals.1:38He'd answered Groningen's opening strike early in the match, then returned to the1:41scoresheet to complete the comeback.1:43Groningen went from a two goal advantage to leaving Alkmar without a point.1:48Groningen finished the match with nine players, and the decision to award the1:51winning penalty remained disputed.1:53Myrdinck's conversion settled the result.1:55While the controversy over that decision remained unresolved, Vez stayed on until1:59the ninety-sixth minute when Miesdewit replaced him.2:02Aze's comeback secured their seventh league victory of the campaign.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
