Ajax friendlies

[Orange14]

Let's hope that the club is treating these friendlies with a grain of salt and that they come out strong next week in the CL tie.

[rjf1]

Only saw the highlights of both games - - defense looked porous; offense looked stodgy -- I'm starting to worry already.

[Tom_]

Oops, that was quite a simple mistake by Onana.

I hope he will continue having some of those on non crucial moments. I don't want a very rich club stealing Andre Onana away from us in August!

Any thoughts on why he’s number 24? Doesn’t seem like a good sign!

[Cruijff]

I hope Daley Blind will play with number 17, like he did before he made his transfer from Ajax to Manchester.

And on the day that Luis Suárez will return, it would be nice to see him in the Ajax shirt with his familiar number 16.

[raymon]

Ajax.nl already confirmed this days ago. I’m sure you knew this.

[SPL]

Jong Ajax drew 1-1 today with AL-Ettefaq of Saudi Arabia.Sierhuis ,of course scored our goal

[Cruijff]

The day after the win over Sturm Graz Ajax played a friendly with both Daley Blind and Kaj Sierhuis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2B9xx3SKAM

[SPL]

Another friendly defeat 1-0 to Konyaspor ofTurkey ,behind closed doors at de Toekomst.V Leer,Kristensen Schuurs,Wober Blind, Ekkelenkamp,Siem deJong ,Gravenberch Labyad, Sierhuis,Lang the starting line up.

This game just a practice game for those who did not start on Weds v Sturm.

[SPL]

Jong beat Koninklijke HFC 3-2 (they play in Div 2 ie. one league below Jong) Jensen 2 and Pasquali the goals.Sinkgraven played only 25 mins ,no word as to whether he came off injured.Cerny not yet played and Matusiwa has been injured since the first friendly a month ago.

[SPL]

Lost 3-0 to Wolfsburg in our last 1st team friendly ,at de Toekomst The 7 subs from Graz plus Siem de Jong, Lang ,Schuurs and Ekkelenkamp started.Bad news Blind has injured his back,no idea how bad.

[Orange14]

Bad news Blind has injured his back,no idea how bad.

Yuck! I guess this may mean that Frenkie plays more on the back line than he wants.

Why did they even schedule this friendly when they knew there were a lot of fixtures in August?

[Ayman]

How bad is his back injury?

[SPL]

Blind's injury position not known

[Orange14]

Just got my ticket to see Ajax play Sao Paolo (David Neres former club) in the Florida Cup this January!!!!! Last time I saw them play was here in DC in a post-season friendly after de Boer's first championship season. Looking forward to this even if it's just a friendly.

[Orange14]

For those in the US who might want to go to the match here is the link: http://www.floridacup.com/ Ajax play Flamengo on Jan 10 and Sao Paolo on Jan 12.

[Cruijff]

For those in the US who might want to go to the match here is the link: http://www.floridacup.com/ Ajax play Flamengo on Jan 10 and Sao Paolo on Jan 12.

That's very very (very!) nice for you Ajax fans in the US that you will get two Ajax friendlies!

[Orange14]

Orlando have a very nice football (soccer) only stadium. It's right downtown and within walking distance of the hotel I will be staying at (I wonder where the Ajax team will be staying; it would be cool if I could stop by). There are some pictures on the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_City_Stadium

I'm only attending the Ajax - Sao Paolo match which is part of a double header with Eintracht Frankfurt - Flamenco in the second match.

[Orange14]

Less than two weeks until Ajax travel over here for the Florida Cup. I'll be only going down for the second match against Sao Paolo which is part of a doubleheader with the second match between Fluminense and Eintracht Frankfurt. If there are any US or Dutchies who will be at the match send me a PM to see if we can get together. this should be a lot of fun.

[BPBlueSox]

Yes, the plan is for me to be there for both matches!

[Cruijff]

Very cool that you are going, wish you all a lot of fun over there.

The players seem to be enjoying themselves very good there in sunny Florida:
https://www.ajax.nl/streams/actueel/a-s ... show-3.htm

[SPL]

We drew 2-2 with Flamengo KJH and Labyad the goals.We lost on penalties with Veltman and Magallan missing. Game started after midnight here but I dont really bother with friendles.

Reading comments on Ajaxshowtime and on our Dutch site seems Magallan didn't look special and most moaning about Lamprou whose mistakes led to the goals.Shame Kotarski is injured as he seems a good prospect for the future

[Orange14]

We drew 2-2 with Flamengo KJH and Labyad the goals.We lost on penalties with Veltman and Magallan missing. Game started after midnight here but I dont really bother with friendles.

Reading comments on Ajaxshowtime and on our Dutch site seems Magallan didn't look special and most moaning about Lamprou whose mistakes led to the goals.Shame Kotarski is injured as he seems a good prospect for the future

It was mostly a second team lineup last night against Fluminense. It will be really fun if ten Hag gives the starters a run out tomorrow. I assume Neres will play for sure against his old side (assuming he's not on a plane to China). I read some of the same comments on yesterday's match and it appeared that Cerny had a decent match. If he can stay injury free he might be able to contribute on the wing.

[BPBlueSox]

Agreed about Magallan, he didn’t look anything special in person last night... but first match and all,

Lamprou is not good enough. And not tall enough.

Magallan’s penalty would have been good for a field goal in American football!

[SPL]

Hope you 2 enjoy the game tomorrow.

[SPL]

Will try and find a stream but not very bothered with friendlies. We put our strongest 11 out and Neres sub