Welcome to our live blog. In this we will keep you fully informed of the European football evening of AZ and Ajax. The Alkmaarders play at home against Tottenham Hotspur and Eintrach Frankfurt travels to Amsterdam. We report all day from the inner cities and stadiums.
Last: Ajax – Eintracht Frankfurt: 1-2
Last: AZ – Tottenham Hotspur 1-0
For now we close this live blog. Tomorrow we will be there again with a live report from Telstar – FC Dordrecht and Top Oss FC Volendam.
Ajax started the match well, but eventually falls short against Eintracht Frankfurt. The Amsterdammers lose 2-1 of the Germans.
Ajax has five minutes to reach the same level.
Jordan Henderson takes a stupid yellow card through protesting. He misses the return.
Great before Steven Berghuis, but Don-Angelo Konadu just can’t slide the ball inside.
Ajax has about ten minutes to make the equalizer. The final offensive does not really get off the ground.
Ajax is behind. The check is over and you see no violation on Ajax player Youri Baas. And so is the goal of midfielder Ellyes Skhiri.
Eintracht Frankfurt scores, but there is strong protest from Ajax. Didn’t there be a violation at the goal in advance?
Brian Brobbey and Mika Godts go to the side. Oliver Edvardsen and Steven Berghuis are coming into the field.
For the first time this competition, the pace has lost a bit. The ball has been tapped around by Eintracht Frankfurt for a while now and that produces some flute concerts.
Delicious pass from Kenneth Taylor. Brian Brobbey shoots up close against the German keeper. Ajax came out of the dressing room well. Moments later, a shot from Ajax striker Bertrand Traoré is cracked.
Eintracht Frankfurt kicked off and the second half started.
What a spectacular first half. Ajax started well. Then the visitors took the initiative. With a 1-1 stand, both teams go to the dressing room.
A difficult rescue from Gorter. That just ends well.
Brobbey continues on the Eintracht goalkeeper. He takes his time and the Ajax striker was almost in between. Shame.
Beautiful attack by Eintracht Frankfurt. Christensen’s shot goes smoothly.
What an sour equalizer. A long shot is changed direction by the head of Brian Brobbey and flies inside. The goal will be in the name of Hugo Larsson.
Remko Pasveer must be injured. It looks like a hamstring injury. Jay Gorter is his replacement.
Pasveer had just made his return in the main force. He missed the last duels with Go Ahead Eagles and Almere City due to a back injury. Pasveer was now injured when he shot a ball away.
The Brazilian Matheus is Ajax’s second goalkeeper, but he is not entitled to play in the Europa League. Ajax did not register him with UEFA.
The Ajax fans hold their breath. Now a shot from outside the sixteen that is neatly caught by Ajax keeper Pasveer.
It is a pinball machine in Amsterdam. Godts with a beautiful pass on Taylor, but he comes across the Frankfurt goalkeeper.
Eintracht Frankfurt is becoming dangerous again. Ajax is getting away well again.
Ajax keeper Remko Pasveer with a wonderful rescue. He prevents the equalizer of the Germans.
Brian Brobbey nods inside after a pass by Jordan Henderson. Ajax starts the match well. The goal is checked by the VAR, but the goal is approved.
Good action Godts. This gives Brobbey a chance, but his shot is blocked.
Strength action by Brian Brobbey. From outside the sixteen he shoots on the pole.
Kenneth Taylor takes the kick -off on behalf of Ajax and the match has started.
Tottenham suddenly comes from his shell. The English produce a hard shot on the fists of Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro.
AZ trainer Maarten Martens is implementing three points. Ernest Poku, Zico Buurmeester and Troy Parrott leaves the field at AZ. For them, Kristijan Belic, Ibrahim Sadiq and Sen van Duijn arrive within the lines.
The German fans were in the Venserpolder, where a lot of police were on the move. Eventually Ajax fans got a breath of air and they were confronted with the supporters of Eintracht Frankfurt. Then the police were attacked there, who, according to a spokesperson, defended themselves with the baton and physical violence. No arrests were made.
The second injury on the side of AZ. Denso Kasius must be injured to the side and is replaced by Kees Smit. Kasius previously replaced Mayckel Lahdo, who soon had to stop the fight due to an injury.
Ernest Poku intercepts the ball well and through a triangle he gets the ball just outside the sixteen. The winger only shoots far over the goal of Spurs.
Well put back by Troy Parrott, but the shot of Ernest Poku is missing. Vicario taps the ball with a reflex from the corner.
Spurs comes from the dressing room better and plays the second chance together. Son Heung-Min plays Wouter Goes and shoots the ball well past the goal of Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro.
The second half started and AZ is on the field with the same players. Tottenham did change once. Mathys Tel has remained in the dressing room.
The police arrested two people again just before 7 pm. One for hindering the work of agents. The other for insult. It is not known whether it concerns Ajax supporters or fans of the German club.
An accumulation of opportunities in a short time, but AZ does not get the ball in it. Peer Koopmeers is the last to pull the tractor, but Lucas Bergvall throws himself in front of the ball.
Tottenham Hotspur gets a free kick in a nice place. James Maddison stands behind the ball, ticks it wide and then chokes in the ball. It indicates how Spurs is in the competition.
Troy Parrott has the second goal on his foot. The striker is off after a handy pass, but he shoots the ball against goalkeeper Vicario.
A headball by Lucas Bergvall goes well next to the goal of AZ. After almost half an hour it is only the first feat of the English. The Alkmaarders dictate the competition and let Spurs mainly follow the ball.
A great attack by AZ leads to a shot by Ernest Poku. The Alkmaarders cheerfully combine it with a hit.
A blunder at Spurs. Lucas Bergvall works the ball in a special way behind his own keeper. Troy Parrott brings in a corner, after which the Spurs midfielder shoots the ball miraculously behind Vicario.
After a good ball conquest, the ball arrives at Ernest Poku. The winger passes his opponent and pushes the ball past. The second chance for AZ.
An early damper for AZ. Mayckel Lahdo is forced to leave the field. The Swedish winger soon became injured after a foul by Lucas Bergvall and is replaced by Denso Kasius.
AZ has a lot of the ball in the opening phase and that provides the first chance. David Moller Wolfe pulls the ball ahead of Troy Parrott and the former player of Spurs almost taps the ball in it.
The competition in the eighth final of the Europa League has started!
Two German fans were arrested this afternoon for insulting the police, AT5 reports. In the Wibautstraat they sticked stickers with the text ACAB, which means all police officers are bastards. “The police do not accept any form of physical or verbal violence against police personnel,” said a spokesperson for Police Amsterdam.
At Tottenham Hotspur, Micky van de Ven starts on the couch. The defender from Wormer has been struggling with an injury in recent weeks. In the summer of 2023, Spurs took over for 50 million euros from VfL Wolfsburg.
Eintracht Frankfurt is working on a good season in the German league. The club is currently third, behind Bayern Munich and reigning champion Bayer Leverkusen. The gap with Bayern is no less than 19 points after 24 games. Last weekend Eintracht Frankfurt lost 1-4 to Leverkusen.
In the Europa League, Eintracht Frankfurt finished with the best eight. As a result, it skipped the intermediate round. Ajax settled over two duels with Union Sint-Gillis.
Tottenham Hotspur is the current number 13 of the Premier League. The team of Ange Postecoglou has a ramps season and the trainer is under quite pressure. The Europa League is still the only chance of a prize for Londoners. Last weekend Spurs lost 0-1 in his own house of Manchester City.
Bastian Roth, who makes a supporter podcast about Eintracht Frankfurt, told AT5 earlier this week that many fans are coming to the city to encourage their club. “I can imagine that there will be 10,000 to 15,000 Eintracht fans in Amsterdam in the hope of getting a ticket on the day of competition.”
AZ and Ajax are both in the eighth final of the Europa League. The two North Holland clubs ended at the best 24 clubs and eliminated Galatasaray and Union Sint-Gillis in the intermediate round.
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