Meeting with the number three of the last Scottish competition seemed to be a nice first showdown, because the Scots started training earlier, already played a practice game and end up in the preliminary round of the Europa League. But the exhibition game had little to do because of the enormous difference in strength.
The Amsterdammers, who still without the (youth) internationals Anton Gaaei, Josip Sutalo, Dies Janse, Jorrel Hato, Jorthy Mokio, Kenneth Taylor, Youri Regeer, Wout Weghorst, Bertrand Traoré and the from an injury to the future for the opponent.
Emotional Ajax captain Jordan Henderson visits the Sea Sea Anfield to commemorate friend Diogo Jota
First basic setup John Heitinga
Heitinga’s first basic arrangement housed many familiar names. Davy Klaassen, Kian Fitz-Jim and Steven Berghuis occupied the midfield and the vanguard consisted of Oliver Edvardsen, Brian Brobbey and Mika Godts. Only in the back it was puzzling due to the absence of many fixed forces. Lucas Rosa and the Owen Wijndal, the upcoming Owen Wijndal, occupied the back positions and the center for the debuting Czech keeper Vitezslav Jaros was formed by the talents Nick Verschuren and Aaron Bouwman.
Steven Berghuis is the first to hit
The ball was already opened after Berghuis after four minutes, who opened the score in a nice way (1-0) on the instructions of Brian Brobbey and scored the 2-0 eight minutes later after an assist van Godts. Hibernian captain Martin Boyle scored 2-1, but Godts (2) and Fitz-Jim made sure that the big difference on the scoreboard was expressed (5-1). As conceived in advance, Ajax joined the second company with a collection of talents from the youth academy.
Damian van der Vaart and Skye Vink
Damian van der Vaart and Skye Vink, the sons of the Ajax players Rafael van der Vaart and Marciano Vink, also made their appearance in the final phase.
In the end, Ajax-Hibernian would end in 6-3. Kaplan signed for the last Amsterdam goal.
Ajax, first half: Jaros; Rosa, Verschuren, Bouwman, Wijndal; Klaassen, Berghuis, Fitz-Jim; Edvardsen, Brobbey, Godts.
Ajax, second half: Reveron; Alders, Van de Pavert, Kaplan, Jetten; Peters, Steur, Bounida; Faberski, Unuvar, Wolff.