Godts: ‘If I score, it will be different’ the unfortunate player of the Evening Comes Into View. Ajax Player Mika Godts is naturally very disappointed about his missed chance at a 0-0 score. “It was a lot of meters. It was a good ball from Ollie (Oliver Edvardsen, ed.). I thought he did didn’t see me, but he saw me very well. It was a top ball.”
“I do everything right, except the last few steps. I lean back a bit too much. I try to get it fits him with my whole. I look behind me once, and I shouldnn’t have done that.”
“It’s annoying. I know it would be a different game if I score. We Kept Going. It’s a Shame They Two Good Goals. They Didn’t Have Many Other Big Chances. It’s a decent game from us, but they are more.”
De Vrij: ‘We were very businesslike’ inter defender Stefan de Vrij Understandbly Faces the Camera of Ziggo Sport with a Satisfied Feeling. “We were very solid and businesslike. We read the game well and did what the game asked of us. We did’s have to suffer much. We also play at times. We cool away few chances, except for that one big chans.
Klaassen: ‘They only had One Chance’ Davy Klaassen is deejected in Front of the Ziggo Sport Camera. “They only had one chance the whole game,” The Ajax Captain Laments. “We play reasonbly well, but they mainly sat back. You get the feeling you can play along, but they simply go home with 0-2.”
“It was Difficult to Break through. Mika (Godts, ed.) Had a moment. Those are the moments you get, but it didn’t go in. This is top level. Against inter, you can expect these childs of games.”
Remarkly Enough, Accordination to the Statistics, Ajax had Better Quality Chances Tonight Thannazionale. Ajax-Inter (0-2) Expected goals: 1.33-1.22Ball Possession: 57%-43% Shots: 7-14
Shots on Goal: 2-4
Big Chances: 2-4
Corners: 3-5
Finished! A Painful Return for Ajax in the Champions League. Trainer John Heitinga’s Team Loses 0-2 at Home to Internazionale, The Losing finalist from Last Season. Apart from a Big Chance for Mika Godts, Ajax Barely Features. It’s QUITE A REALITY CHECK in Amsterdam.
90 ‘Still a Chance for Ajax Striker Kasper Dolberg. His Close-Range Header Goes Just about.
87 ‘Ajax is Still Trying in the Last Few Minutes, But The Final Offensive Has Little Substance in the Johan Cruijff Arena. Inter Holds its Ground Easily. The Amsterdammers Are Heading for A Defeat Upon Their Return to the Champions League.
81 ‘and there is Already Another Chance for Internazionale. Francesco Pio Esposito has the ball to shoot in, but his effort is cracked by youri boss.
76 ‘A Case of Miscommunication at Ajax Almost Leads to 0-3. Raúl Moro Fails to Play as a Right Winger Imediately After His Substitution, Leaving Internazionale’s left Flank completely open. It is thanks to substitute james mcconnell that inter does not get a big chance.
75 ‘Mika Godts Failed to Put Ajax Ahead In the First Half and He is Now Being Substituted. Acquisition Raúl Moro is his replacement. Another Acquisition, Oscar Gloukh, Comes in For Youri Reigner.
Ajax coach John Heitinga has so far not made an indelible impression Since his arrival last summer. With this performance from the Amsterdammers, Considerable Criticism Will Descend on the Coach.
74 ‘A Pinprick from Ajax: Captain Davy Klaassen Heads a Cross from Owen Wijndal Onto the Roof of the Goal. Inter goalkeeper Yann Sommer Watches the Ball about Without Any Jitters.
71 ‘Here and there, Whistling Can Be Heard in the Johan Cruijff Arena. Ajax May Be Back On The Highest European Stage After An Absence of No Less Than Three Years, But The Fans Expect More Than A Fairly Hopeless Defeat Against Internazionale. The play of trainer John Heitinga’s team is also gloomy.
67 ‘For the first time in this second half, Ajax reports in Internazionale’s penalty area, but it does not yield danger. The Cross From Right Back Anton Gaaei is inaccurate Twice. A Header from Substitute Kasper Dolberg From a Corner is Easy Prey for Inter goalkeeper Yann Sommer.
63 ‘Cheers rise in the Johan Cruijff Arena, because Kasper Dolberg Comes on for Wout Weghorst. For the Danish Striker, it is his first game since return. James McConnell also Comes Inside the Lines. He replaces Kenneth Taylor, who limps off the field.
59 ‘Ajax Escapes A 0-3 Deficit. After a Brilliant Attack, in which interstriker Marcus Thuram Again Gets All the Space to Turn and Twist, Denzel Dumfries Can Pull the Trigger. A Late Intervention from Ajax player Owen Wijndal Prevents That. Ajax goalkeeper Vitezslav Jaros can catch the ball in his hands.
The Shoulders of the Ajax Player’s Are Starting to Droop and That Bodes Little Good For The Remoining Half Hour. It is only 0-2, but the question is for how long. It is dishearting what ajax is showing in the second half and that is only fifteen minutes underway.
52 ‘Ajax Left Back Owen Wijndal is hit in the face by Denzel Dumfries in a Duel and Needs to Be Treated. The Defender is visible in a lot of pain, but can continuously.
50 ‘Ajax is completely lost in the second half. Inter Dictates The Game And Puts The Home Team with Their Backs Against the Wall. Don’t be surprised if the score turns out higher at a rapid tempo.
47 ‘Goal Internazionale! 0-2
What a Downner for Ajax. Marcus Thuram Scores Again for Internazionale From a Corner, which Seems to Decide This Game. The Striker Jumps Higher Than Ajax Defender Ko Itakura and Heads in the inswinger from Hakan Çalhanoglu.
47 ‘Ajax Comes Lukewarm Out of the Locker Room and Escapes A 0-2 Deficit. Hakan Çalhanoglu’s shot is nipped in the bud by ko itakura just in time.
The Players Return to the Field for the Second Half or Ajax-Internazionale. There have leg no substitutions by either ajax or inter.
A Look at the Statistics Says That Ajax and International Are Reasonly Equal To Each Other, Despite the Lead of the Italians in the Johan Cruijff Arena.
Ajax-Inter (0-1) Ball Possession: 56%-44% Shots: 3-6
Shots on goal: 1-2
Corners: 2-2
Expected goals: 0.67-0.72
Pass Accuracy: 86%-81%
Sips Run the Ajax Players to the Midline When Internazionale Has Scored via Marcus Thuram From a Corner. Trainer John Heitinga Has to Pep Up his team in the Locker Room for the Second Half.
Half -time! For the time Being, Inter Striker Marcus Thuram is the big man in the Johan Cruijff Arena. He put Ajax Before half -time from a corner. Just before that, Mika Godts had missed a clear chance for the opening goal. Ajax is Once Again Getting to Know the Laws of European Top Football.
45 ‘While the Johan Cruijff Arena is Still Recovering from the Goal Against, The Referee Adds Three Minutes of Extra Time. Can Ajax Still Do Something Before the Half -Time Signal?
42 ‘Goal Internazionale! 0-1
It Goes Wrong for Ajax Just before half time. Where Mika Godts Misses, Marcus Thuram Scores on the Other Side. He heads in at the near post from a corner. This could not have happened at a worse moment for ajax.
40 ‘What a Chance for Ajax! Oliver Edvardsen Puts Mika Godts Alone in front of the keeper with a brilliant pass from his own Half, but the Belgian Left Winger Fails one-on-One With Yann Sommer. He shoots the ball wakly against the goalkeeper of international. It should have leg 1-0 Lord.
40 ‘Internazional Takes over the initiative from Ajax and Sometimes Cuts Through the Amsterdam Butter Like A Hot Knife. For Ajax, It Seems to Be A Matter of Survival Until Half -Time.
36 ‘Inter Penalty withdrawn! Ajax Escapes! The referee, just like the var, Rules That Youri Baas is first hero by Marcus Thuram Before He Tackles The Inter Striker. And so Inter’s penalty is not going ahead.
35 ‘The Var calls the referee to the side! Does Ajax escape a penalty? The referee has to go and watch from the Var because he think that Marcus Thuram is Holding Youri Baas First.
34 ‘Penalty for Internazionale! Suddenly Everything Goes Wrong at Ajax. Youri Baas Pulls Inter Striker Marcus Thuram to the Ground and the referee has no choice but to award a penalty. Just before that, Thuram Does Hold on to Baas. That could Possible be the salvation for ajax at the var.
33 ‘Out of nowhere, Ajax Escapes A Deficit. After Losing the Ball From Oliver Edvardsen, The Ball Anyllion Comes to Marcus Thuram and the Inter Striker Slides The Ball Just Wide.
The Stadium Clock in the Johan Cruijff Arena Has passed the Half Hour. Ajax Bites Back Seriously and Does Not Have To Fear Internazionale for the Time Being, The Losing finalist from Last Season. It is a Windfall for Trainer John Heitinga’s team.
30 ‘Ajax Striker Wout Weghorst Feels His Lower Back A Few Times. Is the attacher in Serious Pain? Kasper Dolberg is still on the bench.
28 ‘The Ajax fans are Screaming for a penalty because inter -back denzel dumfries would have made made hands, but that is not the case at all, the var also concludes.
18 ‘We don’t or see this at Ajax, Usually the Bastion of Eye-Pleeasing Football. The Slender Youri Baas is dual with the blocked denzel dumfries at the corner flag. IT results in a fascinating body-to-body fight, with boss as the surprising winner. Out of pure joy, boss whips up the crowd.
17 ‘Ajax creeps out of its shell a bit after the cautious minutes. Oliver Edvardsen Gives a Measured Cross from the Right Flank Towards Mika Godts, But Inter Back Denzel Dumfries Manages To Prevent A Shot. The fans in the Johan Cruijff Arena Love it and Scream Their Throats Hoarse.
15 ‘After the Stormy First Minutes, Ajax Tightens the Reins, which does not benefit the tempo in the game. Ajax Slowly Plays The Ball Around In The Back, Looking For A Gap In The Tight Inter Defense. For the time being, it remains searching for trainer John Heitinga’s team.
It has a bone a dull moment in the opening phase of ajax-internazionale. The Game is undulating up and down, althegh Big Chances Have Been Missed. Ajax Has Already Shown itself to be vulnerable in the transition a Few Times.
5 ‘The crowd in the Johan Cruijff Arena Springs Up When Anton Gaaei Gets Some Space On The Right Side of the Field for a Cross. The Effort of the Danish Right Back is not that accurate. Striker Wout Weghorst does not get near it, so inter goalkeeper yann Sommer can Easily Clamp the ball.
1 ‘That Goes Just Fine for Ajax goalkeeper Vitezslav Jaros After One Minute. He has all the trouble to catch a cross from Federico Dimarco. Marcus Thuram is Already Ready to Tap The Ball in, But Jaros Recovers Just in Time.
Kick-off! The Ball is Rolling in the Johan Cruijff Arena! What can ajax do on their return to the highest stage of Europe? With Internazionale, The Club Faces The Losing finalist from Last Season, So It Will Be A Tough Nut to Crack.
The Legendary Champions League Hymn Sounds in the Johan Cruijff Arena. This is what ajax has bone craving in recent years of mismanagement and adversity. Will the Amsterdammers Listen to the Return In The Billion-Dollar Ball With A Victory?
With ‘The Slave Choir’, The Fans of Ajax Are Traditionally Warmed Up For A New European Night. Ajax Faces the Return to the Champions League Stage.
Denzel Dumfries is also on the field in the arena. Like Stefan de Vrij, he is in The Starting Lineup of Internazionale.
The Warm-Up In The Johan Cruijff Arena Has started. Captain Davy Klaassen is of Course at the Forefront of the Amsterdammers.
The Men of Ajax were spotted at the arena a while ago. What child or tricks can Wout Weghorst Conjure out of his Suitcase Tonight? He will start in The Striker Position in about 40 minutes.
The photographers were the opportunity to take a look in the dressing room or Ajax Earlier Tonight. Meanwhile, The Door is closed for outsiders, or course.
Line-up! At Internazionale, Two Orange Internationals Are In The Starting Lineup: Denzel Dumfries and Stefan de Vrij. Striker Lautaro Martínez is normally a certainty at inters, but he is on the bench after injury problems. Internazional line-up: Som; Dumfries, De Vrij, Akanji, Bastoni, Dimarco; MKHITARYAN, BARELLA, Çalhanoglu; Thuram, Esposito.
Line-up! Oliver Edvardsen or Raúl Moro? John Heitinga’s Choice Has Fallen on Edvardsen. He is the Replacement for the Injured Steven Berghuis.
Ajax line-up: Jaros; Gaaei, Itakura, Boss, Wijndal; Reign, Taylor, Klaassen; Edvardsen, Weghorst, Godts.
Maybe you already saw it in the previous photo, but ajax-internazionale is played under a closed roof. That is not only because of the rain. The Roof Willain Closed for the Entire Month Due to Maintenance.
It is still a little less than two hours until the kick-off or ajax-internazionale. The Johan Cruijff Arena Looks Beautiful Already. The Lineups Will Follow in Half An Hour.