Teun Koopmeiners scored against his own brother in the 19th minute and Randal Kolo Muani added a

Teun Koopmeiners scored against his own brother in the 19th minute and Randal Kolo Muani added a second before halftime, and Juventus held on for a 2-1 win over AZ Alkmaar in the fourth matchday of the Europa League phase in Alkmaar, Netherlands — a result that lifts the Italian side to 10 points from four games, ANSA reported. The same evening, AC Milan lost 2-0 at home to Hungary’s Ferencvaros at San Siro, with both goals from Barnabás Joseph, leaving the Rossoneri with three points from four matches and outside the playoff positions, according to RaiNews.

Koopmeiners Beats His Brother Peer to Open the Scoring

The most striking detail of the night in Alkmaar involved two brothers on opposite sides. Teun Koopmeiners, the Juventus midfielder, faced his younger brother Peer Koopmeiners of AZ Alkmaar, and the AZ supporters’ section displayed a banner reading “Two brothers, one love.” The brothers are currently finishing a children’s book about their shared story, ANSA reported. Teun needed less than 20 minutes to settle the family contest: Randal Kolo Muani beat a defender on the right, cut the ball back, and Koopmeiners fired a left-footed shot into the bottom corner for the 1-0 lead.

Juventus doubled the lead in the 37th minute through Kolo Muani, who pressed high, recovered the ball, exchanged passes with Nick Woltemade and finished with his left foot past AZ goalkeeper Dennis De Busser. La Gazzetta dello Sport noted that Kolo Muani dominated AZ right-back Mees de Wit for the entire first half — on the opening goal, de Wit was beaten with a nutmeg before Kolo Muani’s decisive cross, and on the second he was part of the turnover that led to the goal.

Meerdink’s 88th-Minute Goal Sets Up Nervous Finale

AZ Alkmaar pushed hard in the second half without troubling Juventus goalkeeper Mattia Vicario, but the hosts found a goal two minutes from time. On the right flank, Jordy Clasie and Sem Dijkstra combined, Dijkstra crossed from the byline, and Mexx Meerdink tapped the ball in from close range to make it 2-1 in the 88th minute, ANSA reported. In stoppage time, Mees de Wit appeared to equalize after Vicario’s save, but the goal was disallowed for offside. Juventus survived the final minutes and the final whistle.

La Gazzetta dello Sport flagged the recurring late drama as the match’s blemish, noting the 88th-minute goal and the correctly disallowed equalizer in the 91st minute. ANSA added that coach Luciano Spalletti will need to address the sharp drop-off at the end: Juventus created three chances early in the second half that could have sealed the game, then spent the closing stretch defending deep, bringing on Bremer and giving a debut to Brazilian defender Ekhator to fend off AZ’s attacks.

Gatti Returns as Captain After Long Absence

Spalletti fielded the three-man attack he had previewed, with Woltemade as the central striker, Kolo Muani on the right and Adrijan Alajbegovic on the left, plus Pape Matar Sarr in midfield. In defense, Gleison Bremer was rested and Federico Gatti wore the captain’s armband alongside Luca Locatelli (reported as Lucumì) and Lloyd Kelly. La Gazzetta dello Sport noted that Gatti’s captaincy came 760 days after his previous time wearing the armband. Substitutions arrived around the hour mark, with Bremer and Ekhator entering in the final phase.

Milan’s 2-0 Loss at San Siro Comes on Two Defensive Errors

At San Siro, Ferencvaros took the lead in the 52nd minute through a Milan defensive breakdown: Fitim De Winter’s backpass to goalkeeper Mike Torriani was mishandled, Ferencvaros’s Dániel Zachariassen stole the ball and squared it to Joseph, who scored into an open goal. RaiNews described the Milan side under coach Amorim as never really entering the match and suffering the visitors’ initiative from the start. The second goal came in the 66th minute on a counterattack: with Milan pushing forward for an equalizer, Zachariassen advanced into the penalty area and set up Joseph for his brace.

Milan made three halftime changes — Diawara, Cisse and Musah came off for Gila, Pulisic and Moreira — but could not find a way back. In the 76th minute, referee consultation with the video assistant led to a straight red card for Milan’s Yusuf, and the Rossoneri, down to 10 men, never threatened. Hutchinson had a diagonal effort go wide in the 55th minute, the closest Milan came. The result leaves Milan with one win and three defeats in four Europa League-phase games, and RaiNews reported the club must now aim at least for the playoff round to avoid elimination at this stage.

What the Two Results Mean in the Standings

The split night left the two Italian giants moving in opposite directions in the Europa League table. Juventus’s 10 points in four games keep them in line with the top eight, the positions that advance directly to the round of 16, ANSA reported. Milan’s three points from four matches leave them outside the playoff places, with the path through the group stage described by RaiNews as increasingly difficult.

History and Form Behind the Headlines

La Gazzetta dello Sport noted that this was the first-ever meeting between AZ Alkmaar and Juventus. The Dutch club came into the match unbeaten in its last five European games against Italian teams — four wins and a draw — and unbeaten at home in Europe since a 4-1 defeat to Aston Villa in October 2023, a run of 14 wins and three draws. Juventus, meanwhile, had two wins and a draw in three previous Europa League matches against Dutch opponents, scoring seven goals and conceding one. On the individual level, Woltemade had three goals and Kolo Muani two in this edition of the competition, while AZ’s Weslley Patati had two goals and an assist.

Open Questions After Matchday Four

For Juventus, the immediate test comes on Sunday in Florence in Serie A, where ANSA reported the team needs answers to confirm its recent crisis has passed — the club has now won two consecutive matches across the league and Europe after beating Napoli 2-0. For Milan, the unanswered question is how quickly the side can recover from a home defeat built on defensive errors and a red card, with only the playoff route still realistically available in Europe. Neither club’s position in the table is settled: Juventus still needs points to secure a top-eight spot, and Milan still needs results to avoid finishing outside the knockout places entirely.

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