After a turbulent week in which the Overmars case mainly predominated, Ajax has won big against FC Twente. The team from Amsterdam had a hard time in the first half hour. After this, Erik ten Hag’s team no longer ran into problems: 5-0
Just before kick-off, it was announced that general manager Edwin van der Sar and the supervisory board would be appointed to the reappointment of Marc Overmars. aware of his cross-border behaviour† After this news, the focus was on the field where Ajax had a hard time against FC Twente in the initial phase. In the stands was former Ajax player Hakim Ziyech and he saw that Ricky van Wolfswinkel got the first chance. From a cross by Gijs Smal, the striker headed full on the crossbar above Remko Pasveer. It took a while before Ajax got the first chance. In the end, Dusan Tadic created the first danger by curling a ball onto the goal, which was felined by Lars Unnerstall.
The team from Amsterdam increased the pace and that paid off. ‘Mister 1-0’ Davy Klaassen lived up to his nickname by heading in the opening goal. After this goal, Ajax got a lot of opportunities through Steven Berghuis, Klaassen and Antony. Goalkeeper Unnerstall kept the Tukkers going in this phase.
Watch Klaassen’s goal below:
Hattrick Haller
In the second half Unnerstall couldn’t stop Ajax from extending the lead. After a hard shot by Jurriën Timber, Sébastien Haller simply tapped the ball in in the rebound: 2-0. The team from Amsterdam received a penalty after Mees Hilgers knocked Haller down. The penalty was then missed by Tadic, for the second league game in a row. Berghuis lashed out hard a minute later, but the ball went just wide.
After an own goal by Robin Pröpper ten minutes before the end, it was all decided. After this Ajax did not run into problems anymore. In the final phase, Haller scored twice, completing his hat-trick.
Ajax setup: feather; Mazraoui, Timber, Martinez, Blind (Tagliafico/80); Álvarez, Berghuis (Kudus/86), Klaassen (Gravenberch/64); Antony (Danilo/86), Haller, Tadic