Arne Slot: the rookie coach who has the Eredivisie leader AZ

The AZ is a team of the city of Alkmaar (of just 110,000 inhabitants) and that in its more than half a century of life has conquered two Dutch leagues (1981 and 2009). This weekend has perched with the coliderato de la Eredivisie after winning the visit to the Ajax stadium (0-2) and has matched points to the set of Have hag. Since the title achieved in 2009, it is the campaign that is closest to repeating the deed. And he has achieved it with the rookie coach Arne Slot as the main supporter.

For many followers, the AZ Alkmaar became known when Louis Van Gaal decided to continue his career on the benches after his stage in the Barcelona in this club (2005-2009). In the 2009-2010 campaign he debuted in the Champions League although he failed to achieve any victory. He has always been in the high zone of the table in the Eredivisie and since the march of Van Gaal they have gone through the AFAS Stadium illustrious coaches the size of Koeman, Advocaat or Van Basten.

It is in this season when he has the chance to win the Eredivisie again. There are nine days to go before the end of the championship and, after being eliminated in the last round of the Europa League, you can put all your efforts in overthrowing Ajax.

Premiere season

The Arne Slot service sheet so far was blank. At 41, he had never been the first coach of a professional team. It is true that he already knew the Alkmaar entity since since 2017 he occupied the second position of Van den Brom coachAfter the march of the first came the opportunity of his life after a short experience in the youth of the Zwolle and a second place in the Cambuur. Slot had a modest soccer career as an offensive midfielder. He hung up his boots in 2013 in the ranks of the Zwolle and made the jump as a youth coach.

AZ is the feeling of Holland and Europe. It has six points of advantage over Feyenoord Y PSV and in all likelihood he will fight in the previous rounds of the next Champions. Part of the success corresponds to the scoring nose of the Moroccan left-hander Oussama Idrissi and of the new star of the front oranje: Myron Boadu The attacker debuted in November on the coach's list Ronald Koeman and scored a goal. Seen its performance, this summer points to the Eurocup and to many teams pointers behind your services.