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"AFC Ajax-Roda JC 4-2

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KPN Eredivisie, Friday October 20, 2000, 20.15hrs, Amsterdam ArenA.
HALFTIME: 2-0 FINAL SCORE: 4-2

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Ajax is getting hot
It looks like the players of Ajax are getting understand each other. It looks like of the young team of Adriaanse knows now how the system works. The result was a 4-2 victory for Ajax with Rafael van der Vaart en Cristian Chivu as the two best man on the pitch.


Those players symbolize the new Ajax. They are just 17 and 19 years old but they are still the pivots of Ajax. The Romanian rules in the defence and wins of every striker. Van der Vaart is the new leader on the midfield and he is now permanent a starter in the line up.

Ajax missed Richard Witschge and Jesper Gronkjaer because of injuries but those important first team players were take care of very good. Those injuries were not a problem also because the system don’t change. Everybody knows what to do on his position. The 3-4-3 system is also played when there is ill-luck in previous matches.

Ajax started like a whirlwind, enthusiasticly supported by the 35000 man in the Arena. Ajax created in the first 3 minutes 3 big chanches. Although this chanches weren’t goals, was the sound of the game knowed: a sound with a lot of stake.

Roda were waiting on the offensives of Ajax in the first half. But Roda had also good chanches in the first period of the first half. From the always dangerous corners of Roda wasn’t scored by Nygaard and also Tchoutang saw his shot by way of Grim spotted on the bar.

But it was Ajax that opened the score. It was a good attack who by way of Machlas and Van der Gun landed by Galasek. He could shoot the ball simply in the goal. The goalkeeper Roorda had no possibility to stopped the ball. The resistance of Roda after 15 minutes was broken.
Ajax was keeping pressure on the Roda. The second goal was a question of time. It was just after a half hour. Ajax had to have a penalty for it to increase the score. Machlas couldn’t shoot because Vrede tackled him.
The penalty given was scored by Chivu. Ajax was leading comfortable.

Although the second half was not so good as the first, the spectators could see 4 goals. Roda JC was playing affraid and they didn’t have an agreement with the team of a Roda who defense good and organised.
Ajax was ruling in the Arena. There was no panic and unrest. When it was difficult in the defense of Ajax than were the defenders of Ajax shoot the ball just hard away. It was not beautifal but it was effective.

Ajax was seeking to new spirtit and found that in the change of Van der Gun – Ikedia. The little but very fast Nigerian gave Ajax speed, dare and danger.

After 20 minutes, and 1 minute after the fall in of Ikedia, Ajax scored again. Van der Vaart proved his scoring power and crown his good match.
In a hard duel with the Van der Luer, who is the age of Van der Vaart two times, he saw that Roorda was to far of his goal. With an excelent lob he beat Roorda: 3-0
Roda was powerlessness. The next score of then was an incident and not based on the good play of them. Nobody expecting the 3-1. On a pass of Van Dessel was the low header of Van der Luer surprising for Grim. He was in the wrong corner of his goal.

Machlas played a good match and was pressing the defence of Roda constantly. No goal for the Greek but with his contribution by the first 2 goals could Machlas be a happy man.
Hosé replaced him and he scored. It was Ikedia with an excelent rush on the rightwing. He had no problems with 3 Roda players but he shoot the bal on the bar. Lucky the ball was back on the head of Hosé and so he scored. 4-1. There were a lot of happy faces in the Arena.

A little bit stupid is for the rest the 4-2. Tchoutang scored from a scrimmage. An ugly goal. Maybe it was the only blame of the evening. It was an evening who has won a lot of selfconfidence for the team of Ajax. Ajax is getting hot and holds his unbeaten home record this season. A good prospect for the match against Lausanne Sports, thursday and the not less important match sunday against PSV.

Next match: Lausanne Sports-Ajax (October 26).

Line-up:
AFC Ajax :
Grim; Vierklau, Chivu, Pasanen en Bergdřlmo ; Winter, Galasek en Van der Vaart (88. Yakubu); Van der Gun (63. Ikedia), Machlas (82. Hosé) en Wamberto.

Roda JC :
Roorda; Senden , Vrede , Luijpers en Van Haaren; Tchoutang, Van der Luer, Lawal (65. Soetaers) en Van Dessel ; Nygaard (78. Tomasic) en Anastasiou (84. Zafarin).

Score:
1-0 Galasek 16', 2-0 Chivu (penalty) 36', 3-0 Van der Vaart 67', 3-1 Van der Luer 71, 4-1 Hose 86', 4-2 Tchoutang 92'

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Majd teszek be képeket is.

Hajrá Ajax!!!