"With ten men towards defeat
FC Utrecht - AFC Ajax
2-1
KPN Eredivisie, Sunday November 26, 2000, 14:30 hrs, Stadion Nieuw Galgenwaard.
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Ajax has failed to keep up the good record of awaymatches, against FC Utrecht Ajax lost 2-1. With ten players. Fred Grim was sent off in the 18th minute by referee Luinge, because the Ajax keeper had taken down Gluscevic in the penalty box. A discutable decision of the referee, but luckily enough the given penalty was shot next to the post by Dave van de Bergh. Moreover Lobont replaced Grim as keeper, what was a blast to Shota Arveladze who had to leave the match so that Lobont could come in.
Surprisingly Ajax was even with ten players better than the hometeam, but could not score the oh so important goals. The attack was with Wamberto and van der Gun just too light against the robust FC Utrecht defenders. Who had, with Stijn Vreven, the dirtiest player in the Dutch Eredivisie in their midst. Vreven left the field after 90 minutes with just a yellow card, where the red card would have been more honest. Stijn thinks that a football field resembles a boxing ring.
And it was, of all people, Vreven who gave the pass from which Robbemond could score the 1-0 in the 35th minute. Lobont was without a chance. A dissapointment for the better playing Ajax. 1-0 was also the score at teabreak.
Co Adriaanse changed the team a bit during the break. Aron Winter was taken out in favour of Hersi, the striker of Ajax-2. And again a light weight, who couldn't do a thing against the Utrecht defenders. Fortunatly Petri Pasanen is in a very good form. The defender from Finland scored his third goal in two matches in the 57th minute. Again a header which brought the ball behind Wapenaar, 1-1.
Ajax, alas, couldn't make more goals, it was FC utrecht who sent Ajax home with a defeat. Again Vreven passed the ball towards Gluscevic, who had no mercy with Ajax or Lobont alone and shot the 2-1 in. A painfull defeat, it was a bit unnecessary. But on the other hand, playing with ten against eleven players is not easy. Luinge should have been consistent by sending Vreven off too. The referee has put a very big mark on this very nice match, with his sometimes strange decisions.
FC Utrecht - Ajax 2-1 (1-0)
De Galgenwaard, Utrecht
26 - 11 - 2000, 14.30
KPN Eredivisie / Dutch League
AFC Ajax
Grim(17); Bergdřlmo, Chivu, Pasanen, de Cler;
Winter (46 Hersi), Galásek, van der Vaart;
van der Gun, Arveladze (19 Lobont), Wamberto (77 van der Meyde).
FC Utrecht
Wapenaar; Vreven, Zwaanswijk, v.d. Gaag (73 Schut), Shew-Atjon;
de Jong, Groenendijk, Robbemond,
Gluscevic, Kuyt (78 Berger), v.d. Bergh (46 Dombi).
Score:
1-0 Robbemond (35), 1-1 Pasanen (57), 2-1 Gluscevic (83).
v.d. Bergh mist penalty (19) / v.d. Bergh misses penalty (19)
Scheidsrechter / Referee:
Luinge
Toeschouwers / Visitors:
14.200
Wie was de beste tijdens/who was the best during
FC Utrecht-Ajax?
[113 votes total]
Cris Chivu (20) 18%
Bogdan Lobont (8) 7%
Wamberto (1) 1%
Fred Grim (9) 8%
Petri Pasanen (27) 24%
Tim de Cler (1) 1%
Aron Winter (0) 0%
Tomás Galásek (1) 1%
Rafaël van der Vaart (37) 33%
Shota Arveladze (0) 0%
Cedric van der Gun (5) 4%
Andy van der Meyde (1) 1%
André Bergdolmo (0) 0%
Hersi (3) 3%
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Hajrá Ajax!!!
