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Brann vs AZ Alkmaar match preview
AZ Alkmaar came into this tie as overwhelming favourites to prevail, but that certainly is not how it transpired in the Netherlands last Thursday.
On the contrary, it was Brann who struck first at AFAS Stadion, Niklas Castro the scorer, only for Pantelis Chatzidiakos’ goal later on to salvage a draw for the home side.
Just last season, AZ reached the semi-finals of this competition, ousted by eventual winners West Ham in the last four.
In this month’s third qualifying round, Pascal Jansen’s side made hard-work of overcoming Santa Coloma, but it would still be a massive disaster if the Cheeseheads were to fall at this stage.
Brann meantime were champions of Norway’s second-tier as recently as last October, but still went on to lift the Norwegian Cup seven months later, thereby getting back into Europe.
They had not won a tie in UEFA competition since 2008 prior to dumping out Arouca in the previous round, this a big shock, but Eirik Horneland’s side are on the cusp of an even more enormous upset here.
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