Location: The Future
Ajax away is always a topper, even if the opponent is a little lower in the rankings. Today for the second time in a week to Amsterdam. Tuesday against the A2 for the cup and a 2 - 0 win and the last hurdle for the final. Today the league and on the way to the championship. And as often happens you don't always get what you deserve or think you are entitled to. We can't say we didn't work hard, but we didn't reward ourselves. Considering the chances, the score at halftime might be 0 - 3 but in reality it is 1 - 1. The first chance is for Antonio but he needs too much time to score. Just after that it is Farshad who passes a cross and now it is Antonio who manages to find the net. We still get some good opportunities but they are not for us. Ajax came out of its shell and after twenty minutes an attack on the left caused their number 8 to cleverly shoot in a cross. We hit the post before half time but the score remained the same.
After the break we wanted to pick things up quickly, but it was Ajax that miraculously failed to take the lead just after halftime. Then the game goes back and forth. Chances come for both sides but it's Ajax that manages to get back in via an attack on the left after just under 65 minutes and the cross is worked in. 2 - 1.
Now we have to. And the chances do come. And even after 90 minutes in the three minutes of extra time we still have two excellent opportunities to at least score the equalizer. But unfortunately we are in Amsterdam and not in Dortmund. We lose precious points today in the race for place one but we are far from eliminated.
Next week a trip to Groningen and then we'll see.
Success.


Bertrams, van Vlerken, Kardes (87th Rommers), Hendrix, Heesakkers, Noor ( 75th Mahmoed), Sanoh (75th Muzaqi), Leemans, Antonio, Vloet, Rayhi (70th Jakobsen).