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Started: Ferencvaros – AZ 4-2 (Feraz)
Started: Ajax – Galatasaray 2-0 (Ajagal)
There are another five minutes in Amsterdam and Budapest. Remains AZ 21st in the ranking or does something change in the remaining minutes? (Feraz)
Troy Parrott shoots flawlessly from a great distance to make the difference slightly smaller between AZ and Ferencvaros. (Feraz)
The end of the competition comes into view on both fields. With the current intermediate positions on the other fields, it is again a possibility that AZ and Ajax meet.
Barnabas Varga shoots from the penalty spot and the evening becomes very painful for AZ again. (Feraz)
The VAR calls the referee to the side after a possible handball from Seiya Maikuma. This time it does not seem to remain unpunished and that is true. Penalty for the Hungarians. (Feraz)
Goal scorer Kian Fitz-Jim and Jordan Henderson (possibly in his last match) leave the field. Jorthy Mokio and Daniele Rugani are their substitutes (Ajagal)
Sven Mijnans lets the 1200 supporters go again cheered in Hungary. He hit hard for the Alkmaarders.
Due to the goal of Mijnans, AZ rises in the ranking and avoids virtual Ajax. (Feraz)
AZ gets one of the few shooting opportunities this evening through substitute Sven Mijnans. However, his shot goes next to the goal. (Feraz)
The captain gets the ball unhappy against his hand. In the first instance, the referee says it is not a penalty, but after intervention of the VAR it turns out to be offside. AZ gets away well. (Feraz)
It goes wrong in the back for Jorrel Hato and Remko Pasveer. Fortunately for Ajax, Victor Osimhen does pass Pasveer, but he shoots the ball in the side net. (Ajagal)
Despite the changes at AZ, the Alkmaarders cannot yet create great opportunities after the break against Ferencvaros.
Unbelievable but true; With the current intermediate positions it is just possible that Ajax and AZ meet in the interim round …. (Feraz)
Ajax doubles the margin against Galatasaray via (calculated) Kian Fitz-Jim. He shoots the ball in the corner behind Fernando Muslera. Fitz-Jim was De Schlemiel last week, after his mistake introduced the defeat to Latvia.
Remko Pasveer was sharp in the attack for the goal. The goalkeeper, who is wearing the captain’s band tonight, turned a cross from Kaan Ayhan Nenauwernood. (Ajagal)
After a great action by Baris Yilmaz, the Turk finds Gabriel Sara. Before the Brazilian can play, he is astray. He claims a penalty, but the referee gives him a yellow card. (Ajagal)
At Ajax there are no changes after the first half against Galatasaray. Maarten Martens does intervene and let Jordy Clasie and Seiya Maikuma come in at AZ.
The first half in Amsterdam is over. The Amsterdammers lead after a goal from Bertrand Traoré. Smetje on the lead is the failure of Mika Godts.
According to De Telegraaf, Ajax is aiming for the use of Oliver Edvardsen in the classic. The club has an agreement with Go Ahead Eagles and the player himself, according to the newspaper. (Ajagal)
We are also (for a while) ready in Hungary. AZ in particular craved the rest after the painful first half against Ferencvaros. The Hungarians lead 3-0. (Feraz)
In the first half, Ferencvaros leaves no chip of the youngsters of AZ. It is now 3-0 after the second goal of Mohamed Ben Romdhane (Feraz)
A number of small chances for the Turks shortly, but Ajax always intervenes at the right time. It is along for the Amsterdammers. (Ajagal)
Goal scorer Bertrand TraorĂ© goes for a while because of the pain. He is now being treated by Ajax’s doctors. Like Mika Godts, he is out. The attacker can continue after the injury treatment. (Ajagal)
Ferencvaros beautifully doubles the lead through Adama Traoré. His long shot goes through the bottom of the bar behind Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro. (Feraz)
Denso Kasius is on paper on the right back position, but often comes to the fore. His shot goes just wide through a defender of Ferencvaros. No luck for AZ. (Feraz)
A goal from Galatasaray is in the air, but Ajax takes the lead. The first shot of Chuba Akpom is still turned, but Bertrand Traoré shoots the rebound.
Because of the goal, Ajax virtually rises to eleventh place in the ranking. (Ajagal)
Again a big chance and again Victor Osimhen is the most dangerous man. The Nigerian striker goes one on one with Remko Pasveer, but slides the ball just wide. (Ajagal)
Due to the goal of Ferencvaros, AZ has dropped in the virtual ranking. The Alkmaarders are now in the Europa League nineteenth, Ajax is reflected in a virtual sixteenth place.
A cross from Baris Yilmaz is just headed by Victor Osimhen just next to the goal of Remko Pasveer. Ajax gets away well …. (Ajagal)
AZ is behind in Hungary after a head goal by Mohamed Ben Romdhane …. It is the first big chance of Ferencvaros (Feraz)
For Ajax it is also an annoying minute, since Mika Godts fails with a hamstring injury. That doesn’t look good towards the classic. Chuba Akpom (in the interest of a number of clubs) is his replacement.
Godts is the only real left winger in the selection of Ajax. Technical director Alex Kroes spoke with Go Ahead Eagles in recent days about the Norwegian left winger Oliver Edvardsen. (Ajagal)
AZ has the most ball in the opening phase against Ferencvaros, but it does not yield more than a few corners.
In the meantime, AZ has the first yellow card. The violation of Kristijan Belic is punished with a print, so he misses the next game. (Feraz)
Will Ajax succeed in closing the group stage with a good feeling? We started. (Ajagal)
According to Francesco Farioli, Ajax is fully focused on the match against Galatasaray. Even now that the transferwindow is open. The Italian coach sees it as a compliment that there is interest in Ajax players. “That also means that we are doing something good. But we are now playing against a Galatasaray that has not yet lost in this League Phase. There are also 50,000 people looking at it. I don’t have to motivate anyone for that. A full stadium gives us energy . “
The coach wants Ajax to look better anyway than against FC RFS (1-0). “Riga is a thing of the past. We have created many opportunities there. We were just not carefully enough in the final phase of the attack. But every game has its own story.”
Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano expects Ajax captain Jordan Henderson to go to AS Monaco. He states that the Brit stands for a departure after a year in Amsterdam. According to De Telegraaf, Ajax will lie down for a departure from Henderson. According to the newspaper, Chuba Akpom seems to be on the way to the exit. For example, Fiorentina, Sunderland and Feyenoord-Beul Lille would be interested.
With our colleagues from RTV Oost, Eagles director Jan Willem van Dop confirmed that he is talking to Ajax about a transfer from Oliver Edvardsen. The Norwegian left winger would compete with Mika Godts in Amsterdam.
AZ, Ajax and FC Twente come into action in the last round of the group stage of the Europa League. AZ is certain of a longer stay in the second competition for club teams of UEFA. Ajax can hardly avoid a place in the interim round for a place in the eighth finals.
The numbers 1 to 8 qualify directly for the eighth finals. Only AZ has a small chance of a place in the top eight. The numbers 9 to 24 of the final score of the European League group compete in the interim round for a place in the eighth finals. Ajax is almost certain of participating in that intermediate round, for which FC Twente can therefore also qualify.
Hakim Ziyech continues his career at Al Duhail in Qatar. The former player of Ajax is going to play with number 93.
The 31-year-old Ziyech comes from the Turkish Galatasaray, which finally took over from Chelsea last summer. Ziyech was under contract with the Londoners for four years. Chelsea paid around 40 million euros to Ajax in 2020 to take over the creative midfielder. In the Netherlands, Ziyech also played football for FC Twente and SC Heerenveen. Al Duhail is the leader in Qatar.
Welcome to our live blog around the denouement in the Europa League group phase. AZ closes the first part of the competition in Hungary against Ferencvaros, while Ajax plays against the Galatasaray of Davinson Sánchez.