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.
Live: AZ – Tottenham Hotspur 0-0
9 pm: Ajax – Eintracht Frankfurt
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.
In this live blog we will keep you informed of everything that happens around the matches of AZ and Ajax.