yardımcı hakemler: peter ekström (swe), magnus sjöblom (swe)
4. hakem: ake andreasson (swe)
nürnberg: jaromír blažek (gk), dominik reinhardt, andreas wolf, michael beauchamp, marco engelhardt, tomáš galásek (c), peer kluge, leon benko (dk. 38 marek mintál), zvjezdan misimović (dk. 90 jan kristiansen), nicky adler (dk. 61 ivan saenko), angelos charisteas
yedekler: daniel klewer (gk), gláuber berti, ralf schmidt, jawhar mnari
teknik direktör: hans meyer (ger)
az: boy waterman (gk), grétar steinsson, kew jaliens (c), david mendes, barry opdam (dk. 73 milano koenders), demy de zeeuw, kemy agustien, sébastien pocognoli, simon cziommer (dk. 79 julian jenner), graziano pellè, mousa dembélé
yedekler: sergio romero (gk), ryan donk, haris medunjanin, mounir el hamdaoui, ruud vormer
teknik direktör: louis van gaal (ned)
goller: (0-1) dk. 29 demy de zeeuw (1-1) dk. 83 marek mintál (2-1) dk. 85 marek mintál
sarı kartlar: dk. 39 michael beauchamp, dk. 50 zvjezdan misimović, dk. 71 tomáš galásek (c) (nürnberg) dk. 54 simon cziommer, dk. 75 graziano pellè, dk. 81 milano koenders (az)
mintál goals give nürnberg hope published: thursday 6 december 2007, 0.19cet 1. fc nürnberg 2-1 az alkmaar substitute marek mintál struck twice as nürnberg came from behind late on to revive their group a ambitions.
substitute marek mintál scored two late goals as 1. fc nürnberg came from behind to defeat az alkmaar and revive their hopes of qualifying from uefa cup group a.
de zeeuw opener the dutch visitors took the lead at the frankenstadion with a strike from midfielder demy de zeeuw in the 29th minute, but mintál – who had replaced leon benko in a tactical switch soon after – turned the tide in nürnberg's favour by finding the net in the 83rd and 85th minutes to hand coach hans meyer a first win in the section. both clubs retain contol of their own destiny going into the final round of fixtures on 20 december, when az entertain pool winners everton fc and nürnberg travel to point-less larissa fc.
nervous moments az had given home goalkeeper jaromír blažek a couple of nervous moments before the czech was beaten by de zeeuw's low shot, the goal created by a raid down the right flank from moussa dembélé. louis van gaal's side came close to doubling their advantage before half-time as kew jaliens headed against the post after rising to meet a sébastien pocognoli free-kick awarded following a foul on the lively dembélé.
cool finish the bundesliga outfit had struggled to penetrate the az defence before mintál did just that, twice. another substitute, ıvan saenko provided the assist for the equaliser by picking out his fellow substitute who smashed a shot from just inside the penalty area into the bottom-left corner. two minutes later defender dominik reinhardt broke down the right flank and found mintál with an intelligent pass. the slovakia forward found space in the box and again beat goalkeeper boy waterman with a cool finish.
