Troy Parrott scores 35th goal of season as AZ Alkmaar land Dutch Cup

AZ hammered NEC ​Nijmegen 5-1 in the Dutch Cup final at the Feyenoord Stadium in ‌Rotterdam on Sunday.

ALL WRAPPED UP: Ireland's Troy Parrott, draped in a tricolour, celeberates AZ Alkmaar's win in the Europjackpot KNVB Beker (Dutch Cup final) against NEC Nijmegen at the Stadium Feijenoord in Rotterdam. Pic: Marcel Bonte/Soccrates/Getty Images

AZ Alkmaar delivered a dominant performance to win the Dutch Cup final on Sunday, hammering NEC ​Nijmegen 5-1 at the Feyenoord Stadium in ‌Rotterdam.

AZ took a deserved lead after 32 minutes as left back Mees de Wit netted from close range after a ​mazy run to the byline from left wing ​Ro-Zangelo Daal.

They added two more after the ⁠break from Sven Mijnans in the 67th minute and ​Peer Koopmeiners six minutes after that.

NEC pulled one back ​in the 78th minute through Japanese striker Koki Ogawa.

Mijnans had the ball in the net again five minutes from time ​but it was ruled out for offside in ​the build-up, but at the start of stoppage time, newly capped ‌Dutch ⁠international Kees Smit chipped NEC goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen to make it 4-1.

There was still time for one more from Ireland international Troy Parrott five minutes into ​stoppage time, with ​his close-range ⁠shot taking a wicked deflection.

It was AZ’s fifth Dutch Cup final victory but ​first in 13 years, while NEC have ​now ⁠lost all six finals they have appeared in.

Cup success means AZ qualify for the league phase of next ⁠season’s ​Europa League. They were eliminated ​last Thursday in the Conference League quarter-final by Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk.