1 ‘Kick-off! We have started at the castle, just though about ten Pigeons are still cheerfully flying around on the field … Let’s hope that Doesn’tn’t Lead to Any Accidents, 55 years after Eddy Treijtel’s Seagull!
The Sparta March is being played at the castle, we can almost start!
Starting Lineup! Ajax coach John Heitinga Has (out of necessity) Changed his team after the debacle in Marseille. Oscar Gloukh and Steven Berghuis Have Been Passed, While Ko Itakura, Owen Wijndal and Youri Reign Are Missing (Due to Illness and Injuries). The Recovered Wout Weghorst, Raúl Moro, Josip Sutalo, Jorthy Mokio and Kian Fitz-Jim Take Their Place.
Ajax Lineup: Jaros; Rosa, Sutalo, Youri Baas, Mokio; Klaassen, Fitz-Jim, Taylor; Moro, Weghorst, Godts.
90+8 ‘End!
Ajax Narrowly Saved Their Unbeaten Status Against Sparta, But That’s Actually the Only Good News for the Amsterdam Team. After Four Away Games, Ajax Has Four Draws. Leader Feyenoord can extend their lead to six points on Sunday.
90+7 ‘Goal Ajax! 3-3
Gloukh Does It, Ajax Seems to Save a Point After All! The Israeli Picks Up A Cross From Gaaei and Surprises Drommel In The Near Corner.
90+4 ‘Berghuis Does The Same From The Right, The Ball Goes Wide Again. Half of the Injury Time Has Now passed.
90+3 ‘Godts cuts in from the left and tries, but his slider goes wide.
90 ‘We get Eight Minutes of Injury Time! Sparta Has Now Refueled Some Energy and the 3-3 is not really in the air. But the Game Still Lasts A Long Time …
87 ‘The Tired Sambo and Van Bergen Have Now Sought Out the Dug-Out, they have leg replaced by Saïd Bakari and Nökkvi Thórisson.
At Ajax, Don-Angelo Konadu Has Been Brought in As a Battering Ram. The Young Striker Replaces Mokio.
85 ‘Substitute Lance Duijvestijn Has The 4-2 On His Foot, After Good Chasing by Clement on McConnell! But Jaros Saves and Keeps Ajax in The Game.
82 ‘Sparta does not already have the young selection, substitute Jens Toornstra – Who replaced Kitolano – Has Increased the Average Age Even Further. But also twenty-methings sambo and van Bergen Are Fighting Against Cramps.
81 ‘At Sparta It Seems The Best is Off. It Retreats and Masse and Tries to Pull the Lead over the Line. So far that always Goes Just Right, just after a dangerous cross from Gaaei.
76 ‘Heitinga does not agree with a decision by referee nijhuis and shows that in Word and Gesture a Little Too Emphatical: A Yellow Card for the Troubled Ajax Coach.
73 ‘Goal Ajax! 3-2
Ajax is back in the game, after Weghorst Makes His Second of the Day. And how! The Striker Plays himself free on the edge of the penalty area and curls the ball with a lot of Venom in the far corner.
71 ‘Sparta defends its lead with hands and feet. Martins Indi Throws himself in front of a shot from Fitz-Jim and is then helped by his teammates, as that same fitz-jim cleverly outplays him on the back line.
64 ‘Spectacle on both sides! Fitz-Jim Gets The Ball for his feet after a corner from ajax and hits both posts with one shot.
Then Sparta Can Counter, Oufkir Has Free Passage from the Midfield Line. But his chip goes just wide!
60 ‘Gaaei Gets The Ball seductively for his feet, but shoots high over. So far it is not a nice substitute for the dance. Ajax Changes Imediately: Steven Berghuis and Oscar Gloukh for Klaassen and Moro.
55 ‘Goal Sparta! 3-1
And it immediately Becomes 3-1 via Kitolano! Van Bergen is again at the base of this goal. His Cross on Lauritsen is intercepted by Youri Baas, But Kitolano Can Slide the Falling Ball Unhindered Into The Far Corner.
52 ‘Goal Sparta! 2-1
And then it is from Bergen Who Kicks Sparta Into The Lead! Ajax Defends Nonchalantly, A Cross from Sambo Shoots Through and is Flawlesly Shot in by van Bergen.
50 ‘The Lightning-Fast van Bergen is Still the Player Who Poses The Most Threat, But The Right Winger is not very Lucky in the Final Pass. Now Kitolano Picks Up A Rejected Cross from Bergen, But The Norwegian Midfielder Shoots Harmlesly about.
48 ‘Ajax Goes Hunting for a New Lead, But Fitz-Jim Harvests Laughter with a misfire.
46 ‘Kick-off! Duration Half -Time, Ajax Brought in Anton Gaaei for Lucas Rosa. The Brazilian Did Not Come Out of the First Half Unscathed. And Ajax was not already abundant in Defenders …
45+3 ‘Goal Sparta! 1-1
Very coolly shot in by Lauritsen, Right through the Middle. Ajax Has Already Lost Its Lead After A Few Minutes!
45+2 ‘Penalty for Sparta! It was an Unlucky Handball by Youri Baas, but his right hand did make a movement Towards the ball.
45+1 ‘The Var Intervenes, Nijhuis Goes To Look at An Alleged Handball by Youri Baas in His Own Penalty Area. Penalty for Sparta?
42 ‘Goal Ajax! 0-1
Wout Weghorst Taps the 0-1 in on a pass from Godts, But Youri Baas Deserves Most of the Credits. The Central Defender Breaks Open the Defense of Sparta with a Very Nice Deep Pass.
32 ‘But Maybe Ajax can draw courage from this moment. Godts also gets a shooting chance, but Julian Baas (not to be confused with youri) throws himself in front of the ball.
31 ‘Weghorst Gets The First Big Chance on Behalf of Ajax, But He Runs Into Drommel! Then the flag goes up for offside from moro, but it is still very questionable Whether that was indeed the case. Sparta Escapes!
26 ‘and there Sparta Almost Goes to 1-0! Quintero Can Head in Freuly After a Corner from Julian Baas, But The Ball Goes Just Wide.
25 ‘Again, Ajax’s game is Difficult. Fitz-Jim Can Cross Half The Field After Losing the Ball To Martins Indi, But Plays the Ball Too Far Ahead of hisself and Runs Into Sambo.
19 ‘There is Bergen Again, He Easily Sneaks Through Again at Mokio. His shot is not careful enough and goes wide.
18 ‘Sparta Easily Comes out from Under the Pressure of Ajax and Counters Dangerous via Van Bergen! The Right Winger Passes Mokio and Can Aim. But then Teammate Clement Gets in the way.
12 ‘The Opening Phase is for Ajax and Taylor Has Already Cautiously Smelled the 1-1, But Now Sparta Becomes Threatening for the First Time After a Clever Opening by Bruno Martins Indi. But Ajax Remains Standing. It is Still Waiting for the First Big Chance of this Match.
4 ‘And Will the Weather Conditions Play A Role Today? It is Still Stormy Weather in Rotterdam-West, where it is Windy and Rainy.