Kola wrote:Zenith wrote:Incredible scenes at the King Baudouin Stadium.
Royal Antwerp take the lead despite playing with 10 men since the 35th minute.
AZ Alkmaar still eliminated as it stands but only need 1 goal against Antwerp who are now reduced to 9 men.
I guess I have seen maybe 200 live matches in my lifetime and the only non UK team in those games was Royal Antwerp in a pre season friendly, anyway they stand out as being without doubt the loudest fans from those games so would be good to see them qualify because they will bring great support wherever they go.
Yeah they have a fantastic fan base - very fanatic bunch. If it wasn't for them Antwerp would've faded into oblivion following their relegation in 2004 and the subsequent financial turmoil in the 12-13 years that followed.
AZ scored their equaliser in the 90th minute against Antwerp's 9 men to make the aggregate score 2-2, meaning the game has gone to extra time. They just made it 1-2.
If Buta, Mbokani and Zé didn't have a combined iq of about 60 (all of them picked up foolish red cards) "The Great Old" would probably have eliminated AZ.
All three red cards over the two legs were picked up when Antwerp was in a leading position and either in the opposing team's half (Buta, Mbokani) or outside the football field (Zé).
It has been a while since I've seen such fighting spirit and hope nullified by so much consecutive stupidity of the same team.
I'm not even an Antwerp fan, but it's really sad to see them go out the way they have.
