At Ajax, Brian Brobbey started on the bench. He did not come out completely refreshed after the match against Aston Villa (0-0). Devyne Rensch was also missing due to a suspension.
Ajax started the match excellently. Kenneth Taylor quickly gave his team the lead. The midfielder started an action and then shot the ball neatly behind Fortuna goalie Michael Verrips: 1-0. The midfielder, who has a love-hate relationship with his own audience, was even close to his second, but he found Verrips on his way to the goal. From the corner kick that followed, Ahmetcan Kaplan saw his header cleared off the line.
In a tame match, Ajax saw the visitors come alongside just after half time. Deroy Duarte struck devastatingly from a difficult angle and put the 1-1 on the scoreboard. Ajax offered little in return and even with Brian Brobbey within the lines, it was not very sparkling offensively. In the 67th minute Ajax even fell behind. Kaj Sierhuis was extremely alert after a miss from Kaplan and hurt his old team by scoring the 1-2 behind Ramaj.
The crowd was noticeably dissatisfied with the team’s play. In the final phase, Ajax smelled blood again, because Josip Sutalo lashed out at a corner kick and shot into Brobbey, who scored the 2-2 into the net.
Ajax line-up: Ramaj; Gooijer, Sutalo, Kaplan, Hato, Sosa; Henderson, Mannsverk, Taylor, Hlynsson; Akpom