26 Sep 2007: Kozakken Boys - Ajax

[Kowalczyk]

Wow - what a fantastic result at AZ... A win in Zagreb and a win in Alkmaar. I never expected that. Now that we've jumped these two hurdles, it seems like we can book a few more wins in a row, starting with this one, against Hoofdklasse amateurs Kozakken Boys in the KNVB Cup.

K.

[Kowalczyk]

Some team news...

In tomorrow's cup game Henk ten Cate will field several players who haven't made too many minutes so far: goalkeeper Erik Heijblok will make his official Ajax-1 début and both Ismael Urzaiz and Albert Luque will play from the start.

Goalkeepers #1 (Stekelenburg) and #2 (Gentenaar) have been left out of the squad. The reserve goalkeeper behind Heijblok will be Young Ajax's Marco van Duin.

Jurgen Colin has recovered from a minor injury and is expected to see action. Laurent Delorge is not quite ready yet. He's aiming for Sunday's home game against VVV-Venlo.

By the way: PSV played a cup game at Kozakken Boys last season and they had a very hard time. The amateurs had a few great chances and PSV took the lead as late as in the 75th minute. They ended up winning by the score of 0-2.

K.

[Philippe]

and what about Sarpong ? btw "Kozakken Boys" : what a truly terrible name !

[Kowalczyk]

Didn't read his name in the reports, but that doesn't mean he won't see action. Mitchell Donald and Siem de Jong can expect playing time, says HTC. Seems like we'll have at least two official débutants tomorrow evening (Heijblok, De Jong) and possibly a few others.

K.

[SPL]

Sarpong took no part in yesterdays reserve game2-0 win over Jong Twente.
He should play in this cup game.Anita went off after 7 mins so loooks as if he is injured.

[ZoefdeHaas]

Ahaha Vitesse lost to FC Eindhoven

Let's not fuck up like them and win big! 4-0 o rmore!

[Kowalczyk]

And Willem II crashed out at Haarlem... Nice one.

K.

[Blind3]

Following the match tracker on Ajax.nl . 0:1 thanks to John Heitinga. Erik Heijblok in action and Siem de Jong , in his debut , on late for Jan Vertonghen .

[Azeri]

1-1

[GangstaRiB]

NOOOOO Overtime, Kozakken Boys equalized in the 88th minute... Fucking #%$%#$%#$%

[Azeri]

1-2 Rommedahl

[Blind3]

104th minute goal by Rommedahl. Ajax, save the drama please. Another 15 minutes to play. Just what some of our first team need. Oh well , De Jong getting more playing time than his 80th minute entry might have under normal circumstances.

[Azeri]

It's over... great win :hupajax.gif:

[Jeroen126]

Let's all just try to forget about this as fast as possible.

[Blind3]

Glad we're through , but .........AJAX , SAVE THE DRAMA FOR YOUR MAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Azeri]

Let's all just try to forget about this as fast as possible.

I'm afraid my forgetfulness will fail... there are so many things to forget about Ajax

[Blind3]

Joeska , love the joke about Colin in Oranje. The only orange he belongs in is a prison jumpsuit . He's been stealing a salary and first team place since the day we signed him.

[dws]

[Philippe]

HTC offers his deep and sincere apologies. He might as well leave.

[Kowalczyk]

HTC offers his deep and sincere apologies. He might as well leave.

Oh come on...

K.

[Philippe]

we were close to elimination by a bunch of lousy amateurs, I think that's enough said

free games tickets and apologies won't do

[Van basten]

just watched the highlights from ultrasuid.nl. What can i say - we are lucky, that we'll play in next round. what a miserable performence..

[Kowalczyk]

Fantastic, this.

And we'd almost done the job in regulation!

K.

[ZoefdeHaas]

Ahaha Vitesse lost to FC Eindhoven

Let's not fuck up like them and win big! 4-0 o rmore!

I think God has turned tables on me due to my comment, luckily he spared us...


OH WELL IM STILL GONNA LAUGH AHAHAH 2-1 YAY HHAA

[Kowalczyk]

MATCH REPORT: KOZAKKEN BOYS - AJAX 1-2 a.e.t. (0-1, 1-1)

AJAX IN 3RD ROUND DESPITE NON-PERFORMANCE AGAINST AMATEURS

KNVB Cup, Second Round
Sportpark De Zwaaier, Werkendam
Wednesday, 26 September, 2007

"On behalf of Ajax I apologize for our collective non-performance. I am very annoyed and feel deeply ashamed. I hope that my players feel the same way. That would suggest they've actually learned something today."

Henk ten Cate's comments after Kozakken Boys vs Ajax summed it all up. Ajax advanced to the third round of the KNVB Cup, but don't ask how. The Amsterdammers embarrassed themselves at De Zwaaier sports ground in the town of Werkendam, home of Kozakken Boys, currently 9th in their division of the Hoofdklasse ('Top Class') of Dutch amateur football.
Every word wasted on this match is one too many, so let's keep it short...

Henk ten Cate had given Maarten Stekelenburg the night off and kept Klaas-Jan Huntelaar on the bench. Goalkeeper Erik Heijblok (official Ajax-1 début!) and Ismael Urzaiz played from the start. Young Ajax's Siem de Jong also made his first team début in the second half (and was literally the only Ajacied who seemed interested).

Ajax took the lead (foul on Urzaiz; penalty converted by John Heitinga), but were almost continuously asking for trouble. The aloof visitors didn't even try to play football and paid the penalty for it when substitute Willem Looijen fired through Heijblok's legs for the home side's equalizer. That was in the 88th minute. Final score: 1-1. Extra time. Oh, the disgrace.

Substitute Dennis Rommedahl's winning goal, in the 104th minute, was typical for the way in which Ajax beat their opposition today: his shot wasn't even on target, but took a deflection and landed in the net behind goalkeeper Abdelaziz. 1-2 Ajax. Hurrah.

The next morning, at the Amsterdam ArenA, Henk ten Cate ordered his players to leave their soccer boots in their bags and to put on their running shoes instead. He let them run for a full hour, non-stop. After 'training' he announced that the players will pay the match tickets for the next round for the 400 Ajax supporters who made their way to Werkendam and were forced to watch the show from the away end.

Believe us: that's all you want to know. Let's forget about this one as soon as possible, shall we? (Menno Pot)

GOALS

26' 0-1 John Heitinga (penalty)
88' 1-1 Willem Looijen
104' 1-2 Dennis Rommedahl

Referee: Wegereef
Yellow cards: Boonstoppel, Samuel (Kozakken Boys)
Attendance: 5,000

Ajax line-up: Heijblok; Ogararu, Van der Wiel, Emanuelson; Gabri (46. Donald), Heitinga, Maduro, Vertonghen (80. De Jong); Suárez, Urzaiz (68. Rommedahl), Luque.

Kozakken Boys line-up: Abdelaziz; Boonstoppel (63. Binnerts), Den Braber, Kolff, Koswal (58. Looijen); Lock, Samuel, Sas, Scheimann; Solmaz (77. Dominicus), Zimmerman.

Related links

Ajax.nl: match report in Dutch and English (+ match photos)
Ajax Foto Side: photo report

K.