22 DEC 2019; Ajax - ADO; Match Day 18
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Re: 22 DEC 2019; Ajax - ADO; Match Day 18
A collective effort is letting Traore score finally works! 6-0!
Re: 22 DEC 2019; Ajax - ADO; Match Day 18
Sontje makes his debut, on for Ekkelenkamp, I guess Tadic goes deeper?
Re: 22 DEC 2019; Ajax - ADO; Match Day 18
SPL gets his wish! (my wish, too) - Sontje Hansen in for Ekkelenkamp.!
Re: 22 DEC 2019; Ajax - ADO; Match Day 18
A proper party match - just what we needed after a tough couple of weeks. Here’s to coming back stronger at the end of Jan!
Re: 22 DEC 2019; Ajax - ADO; Match Day 18
91 mins of good football, 1 min of stupidy ie gave away a penalty. ETH put in the kids and they performed with 3 goals from teenagers. Gravenberch at 17 looked the best to me but Traore looked lively and why did he not get 30mins last week vAZ.
Oh well 6-1 was a wonderful end to 2019 a great year ,almost. Spurs defeat and these last 2 weeks were the down side.
One good thing being in love with Dutch football you get a month off and I think we fans as well as the players need to recharge .
Roll on 2020 with this beautiful oh so special football club and main wish is Daley to get fit and hopefully play again.
Oh well 6-1 was a wonderful end to 2019 a great year ,almost. Spurs defeat and these last 2 weeks were the down side.
One good thing being in love with Dutch football you get a month off and I think we fans as well as the players need to recharge .
Roll on 2020 with this beautiful oh so special football club and main wish is Daley to get fit and hopefully play again.
Re: 22 DEC 2019; Ajax - ADO; Match Day 18
The great English rock band, The Who, said it best, "the kids are alright!" ETH put out Traore, Ekkelenkamp, and Gravenberch to start the match and all three hit the back of the net. Bringing a close to 2019 in what was the 56th competitive match for Ajax, the club downed ADO 6-1 with only a late PK call by Dennis Higler allowing the visitors a chance to get on the scoreboard. Ajax were seldom troubled defensively by a very mediocre ADO team and once Ziyech scored on a very nice shot to the left corner of the goal the match was never in doubt.
Player Ratings (can't give anyone more than a 7.5 because of the poor quality of the opponent):
Onana (6.5) - had one or two good saves but was mostly a spectator
Tagliafico (7) - very good offensive movement but probably should have been booked by putting his head into the ADO player after the late foul on Martinez
Martinez (7) - good match until he blocked off Summerville in the box on the penalty call
Veltman (7) - good game and had some decent forays into the offensive zone
Dest (7) - very active offensively overlapping every time the opportunity was there
Gravenberch (7) - some excellent play on his debut but I don't think he is a true DM
Ekkelenkamp (7) - nicely taken goal and almost had another, showed some very good movement off the ball
van de Beek (7.5) - excellent goal and some fine passing
Tadic (7.5) - just a wonderful player who constantly brings enthusiasm into the game for everyone
Traore (7) - got on the scoreboard and had a nice assist on the Tadic goal
Ziyech (7.5) - very solid half of football
Lang (6.5) - brought some good speed into the 2nd half coming on for Ziyech
Marin (6.5) - good enough coming on
Hansen (NR) - crowd wanted him to score but it wasn't to be in his 12 minutes of play
Some well deserved rest now before the league season, Europa League and Dutch Cup start again in January. What a wonderful year of football Ajax brought us. Only five seconds separated the club from a Champions League final and only the unfortunate injuries to Neres and Promes kept the club from a second straight appearance in the knockout round of the CL. Let's look forward to a solid 2020!!!
Player Ratings (can't give anyone more than a 7.5 because of the poor quality of the opponent):
Onana (6.5) - had one or two good saves but was mostly a spectator
Tagliafico (7) - very good offensive movement but probably should have been booked by putting his head into the ADO player after the late foul on Martinez
Martinez (7) - good match until he blocked off Summerville in the box on the penalty call
Veltman (7) - good game and had some decent forays into the offensive zone
Dest (7) - very active offensively overlapping every time the opportunity was there
Gravenberch (7) - some excellent play on his debut but I don't think he is a true DM
Ekkelenkamp (7) - nicely taken goal and almost had another, showed some very good movement off the ball
van de Beek (7.5) - excellent goal and some fine passing
Tadic (7.5) - just a wonderful player who constantly brings enthusiasm into the game for everyone
Traore (7) - got on the scoreboard and had a nice assist on the Tadic goal
Ziyech (7.5) - very solid half of football
Lang (6.5) - brought some good speed into the 2nd half coming on for Ziyech
Marin (6.5) - good enough coming on
Hansen (NR) - crowd wanted him to score but it wasn't to be in his 12 minutes of play
Some well deserved rest now before the league season, Europa League and Dutch Cup start again in January. What a wonderful year of football Ajax brought us. Only five seconds separated the club from a Champions League final and only the unfortunate injuries to Neres and Promes kept the club from a second straight appearance in the knockout round of the CL. Let's look forward to a solid 2020!!!
Appie Nouri will forever be remembered for his grace and humanity on and off the pitch!
Re: 22 DEC 2019; Ajax - ADO; Match Day 18
Gravenberch got MOTM, he is more of a box to box player than a DM. I hope Eiting gets a chance to shine in 2020. He has the potential to be the DM at Ajax. Well 2019 is over.
Here is my little wishlist for 2020
Ajax wins the Europa league and qualifies first in the CL group stage of the season 2020/21, Everyone stays at Ajax except (realistically he is 28 in August so he has to move on) Tagliafico.
Here is my little wishlist for 2020
Ajax wins the Europa league and qualifies first in the CL group stage of the season 2020/21, Everyone stays at Ajax except (realistically he is 28 in August so he has to move on) Tagliafico.